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Definition of Theater of the absurd
1. Noun. Plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointless. "Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco have written plays for the theater of the absurd"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Theater Of The Absurd
Literary usage of Theater of the absurd
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Estonia and the Estonians by Toivo U. Raun (2001)
"However, partly as a result of the impact of the East European theater of the
absurd, Estonian dramatists turned to allegory and satire by the second half ..."
2. James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers by Frank Edward Manuel (2004)
"... of Arts and Sciences is one of the minor comic episodes of Massachusetts
political life, which has so often bordered on the theater of the absurd. ..."
3. James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers by Frank Edward Manuel (2004)
"... of Arts and Sciences is one of the minor comic episodes of Massachusetts
political life, which has so often bordered on the theater of the absurd. ..."
4. In the Matter of Certain Recombinantly Produced Human Growth Hormones by DIANE Publishing Company (1997)
"... in which they are expressed, complainant argued that those agreed basic facts
highlight BTG's "fundamental theater-of-the-absurd quality" (CBR at 8, 9). ..."
5. Sowboy by Richard Connelly Miller (2003)
"... thousands at meetings like this, acting out their roles in their normal daily
theater of the absurd, where nothing is made and nothing is grown, where, ..."
6. Guerrilla Warfare: Cause and Conflict by Walter R. Thomas (1981)
"... of opportunity by guerrillas—or in whatever form terrorists may cloak
themselves—the role of ambassadors is being played in the theater of the absurd. ..."
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