Absurdism

“What the hell is going on?” was my initial reaction when I entered the theatre room for Ubu Rex. Absurdism was what governed the preface, as the actors flailed around and behaved in meaningless and confusing ways, baffling the audience --precisely the playwright’s intent. Alfred Jerry’s grotesque “Ubu Rex” may well as be the perfect play to describe our current political climate. After all, it does involve a vulgar, incompetent and impulsive individual who manages to bully his way into power,…

the future, and the will to live. Camus developed his concept of absurdism from "The Myth of Sisyphus" (Draper 583). The myth is considered a companion piece to The Stranger (Sollars). Camus 's novel The Stranger is an "allegory of a absurd universe that is described in philosophical terms" (Bloom) with themes of absurdism, futility, alienation, existentialism, and fate. Absurdism is the main theme expressed in the novel. Absurdism is a "term applied to literature portraying the sense that…

certainly true for the protagonist, Meursault, of his novel The Stranger. In the novel, Camus uses his protagonist, through characterization and diction, to support his absurdist philosophy. Absurdism is the concept that humanity must survive in a world that is constantly hostile or indifferent towards them (Absurdism). Although Camus is famous for his belief in this philosophy, he shares it with another French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, but even though they are often grouped in the same…

Kafka is about a man named Gregor, who transformed into a vermin. Albert Camus and Franz Kafka through characterization, metaphor and imagery have evaluated existentialism and its principle such as meaningless of life, choices and commitment, death, absurdism and alienation. Both author determines the nature of human being and helps understand existentialism and its principle. Thus, existentialism not only lets the reader comprehend the philosophy better, but it also helps the readers overcome…

Good morning distinguished guests I’m Samantha Crawford and it’s a pleasure to be here discussing the performance Absurd by Homunculus theatre company. Absurd is about “An internationally renowned brother and sister comic duo… doing a lecture on 4 adaptions of 4 Absurdist Plays” (Humunculous theatre company, n.d.).This production successfully produced a fascinating and interesting theatrical form of entertainment through the clever utilisation of the elements of drama; specially movement,…

Absurdism fiction is a type of fictional narrative where the characters are unable to find a purpose in life and the lack of purpose is usually shown in meaningless activities. Absurdism is also a philosophical school of thought where humans effort to find definite purpose in life will fail because of the vast amount of things unknown to them. Kevin Wilson is an American writer, and educator, he released a collection of short stories titled Tunneling to the Center of the Earth: Stories in 2009…

not being the man himself. Albert Camus always has been a monolithic figure for me because he is the founding philosopher of the school of thought for absurdism. Which helps put not just his own short rambling interpretation of Sisyphus into context, but also helped give a little more psychological weight to the ideas shared by Mr. Gilbert. Absurdism is based around the conflict of…

Absurdism is defined as “the conflict between the human tendency to seek inherent value and meaning in life and the human inability to find any” (Absurdism). Albert Camus’ The Stranger exemplifies the Absurdist point of view, as shown by the main character Meursault and the world he lives in. Meursault, though never voicing these exact words, lives in a chaotic world that is indifferent to human plight, so he decides to do what he wants to do to make himself satisfied. The only insight on…

The Stranger is book written by Albert Camus. It is set in Algiers, in French Algeria, in the 1940’s. The story is about a man who murders an Arab in seemly cold blood but it is shown that it was really by chance that the man was murdered. The man who committed the murder lack morals like many of characters in the story. In The Stranger the lack of morals shows the characters in what they should be shown as, by how they react to life changing events leading to the characters proving Absurdism’s…

the philosophy states that the universe is absurd and meaningless and that humans are doomed to suffer. And due to this situation, humans typically have three choices in life: to commit suicide, to believe in a divine creation or to accept the absurdism and creating meaning with one’s own life. In the Plague, Oran is a small town but the citizens illustrate the different ways people deal with the absurd, in this case the plague. For instance, Cottard tries to commit suicide due to his guilt from…