![]() The philosophical concept of existentialism (articulated most famously though the words of Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Sartre and Camus) influenced the ways in which Absurdist playwrights literally questioned the nature of existing. Absurdist playwrights commented on the decline of moral character that the rise of fascism, WWII, and the Holocaust illuminated. ![]() ![]() Political turmoil, scientific breakthrough and social upheaval shaped the cultural context of their works. The ‘Theater of the Absurd’, named by theater critic Martin Esslin in his 1961 work, was popularized by Samuel Beckett’s play, Waiting for Godot, Absurdist playwrights, Eugene Ionesco and Arthur Adamov. The Post-World War II Absurdist movement centered on the idea that life is irrational, illogical, incongruous, and without reason (Esslin xix). Post-modern art is permeated by Absurdism. ![]()
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