The notion of the Absurd contains the idea that there is no meaning to be found in the world beyond what meaning we give to it.

Much of Beckett's work – including Godot – is often considered by philosophical and literary scholars to be part of the movement of the Theatre of the Absurd, a form of theatre which stemmed from the Absurdist philosophy of Albert Camus.

Thus humanity is doomed to be faced with the Absurd, or the absolute absurdity of existence in lack of intrinsic purpose.

Thematically, the Absurd overrides Responsibility ; despite his physical terror, Meursault is satisfied with his death ; his discrete sensory perceptions only physically affect him, and thus are relevant to his self and his being, i. e. in facing death, he finds revelation and happiness in the " gentle indifference of the world ".

The Theatre of the Absurd () is a designation for particular plays of absurdist fiction written by a number of primarily European playwrights in the late 1950s, as well as one for the style of theatre which has evolved from their work.

In the first edition of The Theatre of the Absurd, Esslin saw the work of these playwrights as giving artistic meaning to Albert Camus's philosophy that life is inherently without meaning, as illustrated in his work The Myth of Sisyphus.

The Theatre of the Absurd is commonly associated with Existentialism, and Existentialism was an influential philosophy in Paris during the rise of the Theatre of the Absurd ; however, to call it Existentialist theatre is problematic for many reasons.

Esslin makes a distinction between the dictionary definition of absurd (" out of harmony " in the musical sense ) and drama's understanding of the Absurd: " Absurd is that which is devoid of purpose .... Cut off from his religious, metaphysical, and transcendental roots, man is lost ; all his actions become senseless, absurd, useless ".

The most famous bedroom farceur is probably Georges Feydeau, whose collections of coincidences, slamming doors, and ridiculous dialogue delighted Paris in the 1890s and are now considered forerunners to the Theatre of the Absurd.

Absurdism is very closely related to existentialism and nihilism and has its origins in the 19th century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, who chose to confront the crisis humans faced with the Absurd by developing existentialist philosophy.

* Religious, spiritual, or abstract belief in a transcendent realm, being, or idea: a solution in which one believes in the existence of a reality that is beyond the Absurd, and, as such, has meaning.

In Camus ' anti-suicide treatise, Don Juan is one of three ' Absurd Men ', ' heroes ' who overcome life with their attitude.

Eugène Ionesco is one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the Absurd.

Eugène Ionesco is one of the foremost playwrights of the Theatre of the Absurd.

The Absolutely Absurd Party is a Canadian joke political party, which carries on the tradition of political satire.

It is a precursor of the Theatre of the Absurd and Surrealism.

Endgame, by Samuel Beckett, is a one-act play with four characters, written in a style associated with the Theatre of the Absurd.

* Absurd ( band ), a German metal band

* The Absurd ( band ), a German band formed in 1984

Some symbolic scenes from the official video were taken and later mixed with the alternate version shown in the band's concert film Arena ( An Absurd Notion ); in the final segment when the band, the crowd and even the fans undertake the final and crucial battle against the evil Dr. Durand Durand.

Major successes include Absurd Person Singular ( 1975 ), The Norman Conquests trilogy ( 1973 ), Bedroom Farce ( 1975 ), Just Between Ourselves ( 1976 ), A Chorus of Disapproval ( 1984 ), Woman in Mind ( 1985 ), A Small Family Business ( 1987 ), Man Of The Moment ( 1988 ), House & Garden ( 1999 ) and Private Fears in Public Places ( 2004 ).

The venue was also featured in the Duran Duran concert film Arena ( An Absurd Notion ) and As The Lights Go Down, filmed in 1984.

Arena ( An Absurd Notion ) is a concept concert video filmed during the course of Duran Duran's 1984 Sing Blue Silver North American Tour in support of the album Seven and the Ragged Tiger.

The tour for the album, which played large indoor arenas and continued through the first four months of 1984, was recorded in the Russell Mulcahy-directed documentary Sing Blue Silver, the music video for " The Reflex ", and the concert videos Arena ( An Absurd Notion ) and As The Lights Go Down.

In England some of whom Esslin considered practitioners of " the Theatre of the Absurd " include: Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, N. F. Simpson, James Saunders, and David Campton ; in the United States, Edward Albee, Sam Shepard, Jack Gelber, and John Guare ; in Poland, Tadeusz Różewicz, Sławomir Mrożek, and Tadeusz Kantor ; in Italy, Dino Buzzati ; and in Germany, Peter Weiss, Wolfgang Hildesheimer, and Günter Grass.

Additionally, he further illustrates the human reaction towards the " absurd "; The Plague represents how the world deals with the philosophical notion of the Absurd, a theory which Camus himself helped to define.

And words whereby we conceive nothing but the sound, are those we call Absurd ...." Among Hobbes examples are " round quadrangle ", " immaterial substance ", " free subject.

From 1994 to 1996, Marvel Comics published a monthly Beavis and Butt-Head comic under the Marvel Absurd imprint by a variety of writers, but with each issue drawn by artist Rick Parker.

Because of the world's absurdity, at any point in time, anything can happen to anyone, and a tragic event could plummet someone into direct confrontation with the Absurd.

His work was a precursor to later artistic movements such as minimalism, repetitive music, and the Theatre of the Absurd.

During the 1940s The Living Theatre, Theatre of the Absurd, and the Downtown Theater movement all took root there, and it developed a reputation as a place where aspiring playwrights and emerging voices could showcase their work.

In 1971, the Arab-American scholar Ihab Hassan published The Dismemberment of Orpheus: Toward a Postmodern Literature, an early work of literary criticism from a postmodern perspective, in which the author traces the development of what he calls " literature of silence " through Marquis de Sade, Franz Kafka, Ernest Hemingway, Beckett, and many others, including developments such as the Theatre of the Absurd and the nouveau roman.

" Absurd creation, of course, also must refrain from judging and from alluding to even the slightest shadow of hope.

His plays are seen today as precursors to Surrealist and Dada theatre, and the Theatre of the Absurd.

For example, the booklet of the Absurd album Asgardsrei depicts the Knights Templar, the Teutonic Knights and the Waffen-SS as warriors of the " Asgardsrei ", which the bands define as a term for an alleged godly and Germanic group of warriors.

To this end, he accommodated Absurd frontman Hendrik Möbus while the latter had fled to the United States in order to evade German authorities.

Critic Martin Esslin coined the term in his 1960 essay " Theatre of the Absurd.

The Absurd in these plays takes the form of man ’ s reaction to a world apparently without meaning, and / or man as a puppet controlled or menaced by invisible outside forces.

Playwrights commonly associated with the Theatre of the Absurd include Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, Jean Genet, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Fernando Arrabal and Edward Albee.

Esslin cites William Shakespeare as an influence on this aspect of the " Absurd drama.

Though layered with a significant amount of tragedy, the Theatre of the Absurd echoes other great forms of comedic performance, according to Esslin, from Commedia dell ' arte to Vaudeville.

As an experimental form of theatre, many Theatre of the Absurd playwrights employ techniques borrowed from earlier innovators.

Writers and techniques frequently mentioned in relation to the Theatre of the Absurd include the 19th-century nonsense poets, such as Lewis Carroll or Edward Lear ; Polish playwright Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz ; the Russians Daniil Kharms, Nikolai Erdman, and others ; Bertolt Brecht's distancing techniques in his " Epic theatre "; and the " dream plays " of August Strindberg.