Writing as yourself or through a character, discuss whether life has meaning and reasonâor it's as meaningless and nonsensical (i.e., absurd) as Camus believed. Okay, keep these ideas in mind as we go through the plot of The Zoo Story. For an extremely unreasonable, silly, or foolish thing, see Absurdity.For the word, see absurd.For absurdist humour, see surreal humour.For the literary genre, see Absurdist fiction.. Absurdist theatre responded to the destruction and anxieties of the 20th century by questioning the nature of reality and illusion. The Zoo Story is a seminal work in that it introduces themes which recur in almost all of Albeeâs plays. The Zoo Story is an absurdist one-act play written by Edward Albee. This is a pretty simple story, but it contains enough ideas and emotional heft to stick with you for a long time after reading. This is how Albert Camus begins the âMyth of Sisyphusâ: a philosophical essay that introduces his philosophy of the Absurd. Theatre of the Absurd, dramatic works of certain European and American dramatists of the 1950s and early â60s who agreed with the Existentialist philosopher Albert Camusâs assessment, in his essay â The Myth of Sisyphusâ (1942), that the human situation is essentially absurd, devoid of purpose.The term is also loosely applied to those dramatists and the production of those works. Albert Camus (1913â1960) was a ⦠A Norfolk-area slave, Minkins' unthinking extremism deluded him into believing that he was a human being. Andrew Dickson introduces some of the most important figures in the Theatre of the Absurd, including Eugène Ionesco, Martin Esslin and Samuel Beckett. Find the top 100 most popular items in Amazon Books Best Sellers. The principal is the lack of contact between human beings and the reluctant apathy, indifference, self-destructiveness and cruelty. Given your position, consider what, if anything, people can do to find happiness in life. The characters have to be larger than life and be absurd, but at the same time, have relatable traits. Read as much absurd plays you can and understand how and why it is considered absurd. And there are no monkeys or popcorn. The 7th of November is the anniversary of absurdist writer/philosopher Albert Camus' birth in 1913. Beckett took this a ⦠Kafka gave the quest saga a modern twist by having unexceptional seekers who are always frustrated â the quest story without a hero or a conclusion. Even the most absurd plays has an underlying theme. This article is about the philosophy. In philosophy, "the Absurd" refers to the conflict between (a) the human tendency to seek inherent value and meaning in life and (b) the human inability to find any. Lane is referencing, in rather disrespectful fashion, the awesome Shadrach Minkins. Discover the best Absurdist Fiction in Best Sellers. 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