Absurd literature
It is Related to prose and fiction. Theme: Human condition is absurd and therefore the literature in which this absurdism is described that is also absurd. First work- Alfred Jarry's French play, Ubu Roi (1896) Roots: 1. Surrealism( creates unreal or bizarre stories by bridging between reality and imagination.) 2. Expressionism (express the meaning of emotional experience rather than physical reality.) 3. Franz Kafka's The Trial, Metamorphosis Emerged in France and after World War II. Popularised through Jean Paul Sartre's existential philosophy Against the traditional view that
A). Human beings are rational creatures.
B).Fruitless search to comprehend the meaning of life.
C).Moves from nothingness to nothingness at the end.
Examples Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus (1942) Eugene Ionesco's The Bald Soprano (1949), The Lesson (1951) Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot(1954), The Endgame (1958), Malone Dies (1958), The Unnamable (1960) Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party(1957) Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead(1966) Travesties (1968) Ultimately absurdism changes into black comedy. Now let's understand what the absurd literature is. Just recall PK movie. He has been cast into the alien's world. He tries to comprehend the world. In the same way, absurdist literature tells us that we are alien and we don't have any aim in life. We are just in search of some fruitful objective. So, this is the philosophy which deals with our existence. Its advocacy has been done through the philosophy called Existential Philosophy of Jean Paul Sartre. Its roots are in surrealism and expressionism. Surrealism just tries to comprehend the illogical scenes or what we have in our unconscious mind. It resolves to bridge between reality and imagination to form super-reality or surreality. Expressionism refers to the subjective analysis of anything what one sees. Like what PK thinks about this world when he comes here. Alfred Jarry's work Ubu Roi is the first work. Tricks 1. FaTiMa - Franz Kafka's The Trial, Metamorphosis 2. AMAvaSYA- Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus 3. EBILS- Eugene Ionesco's The Bold Soprano 4. Waiting for End i.e. Death of Unnamed person Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot Endgame Malone Dies The Unnamable 5. TaRGeT- Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildstern are dead Learn it like this
Fatima at the night of Amavasya turns into evils waiting for the target i.e. Death :)
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