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Informative Article | Linguistics | India | Volume 3 Issue 11, November 2014 | Popularity: 7 / 10
Theatre of Absurd and Samuel Becketts Waiting for Godot as an Absurd Drama
Tazir Hussain
Abstract: The term Theatre of Absurd was coined by Martin Esslin in his essay The Theatre of the Absurd (1961). The dramas belonging to the genre of Theatre of Absurd project a state which is described as metaphysical anguish. The plays of Theatre of Absurd lack a logical and conventional structure which is the representation of the absurd predicament. Samuel Becketts Waiting for Godot bears the presence of elements of Theatre of Absurd. This paper is an endeavor to shed light on Waiting for Godot as an Absurd Drama
Keywords: Absurd, God, Meaningless, Men, Universe
Edition: Volume 3 Issue 11, November 2014
Pages: 1479 - 1480