Absurdism
Absurdism
is a
philosophy
, usually translated into different
art
forms, that holds that any attempt to understand the
universe
will fail. The Absurdist philosophy finds its roots in the
existential
despair that swept over
Europe
in the wake of
World War I
and
World War II
, as articulated in
Albert Camus
'
The Myth of Sisyphus
.
Examples
Franz Kafka
's literary works.
Theatre of the Absurd
, most famous being
Beckett
's
Waiting for Godot
.
Albert Camus
' novels
The Stranger
and
The Fall
.
Tom Stoppard
's play
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
.
See also
Theatre of the Absurd
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