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Absurdist Theatre
Oftentimes, people use the phrase: theatre is a reflection of its time. ... What was the social atmosphere surrounding the artists in the absurdist movement? ...
WWW II held a strong presence in Europe and affected much of the theatre. ... Jan Culik wrote, “The origins of the Theatre of the Absurd are rooted in the avant-garde experiments in art of the 1920s and the 1930s. ... The trauma of living from 1945 under theatre of nuclear annihilation also seems to have been an important factor in the rise of the new theatre” (Culik 1). ... This is a clear example of how one of the horrors of the war directly affected the outcome of the art produced in the absurdist movement.
The absurdist movement in Eastern Europe stemmed from a few other aspects of society in addition to all of the war concerns. ... This raised even more opportunity for theatre artists in the East to work in the absurdist movement. ...
So, what is Theatre of the Absurd? According to Brockett, the absurd theatre “tended to concentrate upon the irrationality of human experience without suggesting any path beyond. ... Martin Esslin is much more appreciative of Theatre of the Absurd than Brockett. Esslin writes, “the plays of the Theatre of the Absurd are primarily intended to convey a poetic image or a complex pattern of poetic images; they are above all a poetical form…Poetry is above all concerned with to convey its central idea, or atmosphere, or mode of being; it is essentially static” (Esslin 3). ... Theatre is being affected by the social climate and situations today.
Approximate Word count = 1402
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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