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A Study of Absurdity in Samuel Beckett's Play Waiting for Godot and Albert Camus Novel The Outsider

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  • Irfan Ullah

    (Assistant Professor)

  • Liaqat Iqbal

    (Assistant Professor)

  • Abdur Rehman

    (Lecturer)

Abstract

While keeping in view the elements of absurdity, the study focuses the analysis of Samuel Beckett’s play “Waiting for Godot” and Camus’ novel “The Outsider”. The artistic features of these works such as title, setting, structure, theme, characters and actions/dialogues are overviewed through the lens of absurdity. Both of the texts have these issues in some proportion with different contexts but many similarities. The absurdity appeared was in the form of meaninglessness of life without any goal and purpose, chaos in life, love for death and emotional and spiritual barren characters.

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  • Irfan Ullah & Liaqat Iqbal & Abdur Rehman, 2016. "A Study of Absurdity in Samuel Beckett's Play Waiting for Godot and Albert Camus Novel The Outsider," Global Language Review, Humanity Only, vol. 1(1), pages 46-57, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:glr:journl:v:1:y:2016:i:1:p:46-57
    DOI: 10.31703/glr.2016(I-I).04
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    Samuel Beckett; Camus; Chaos; Existentialism; Absurdity; Novel and Play;
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