- "The Theatre of the Absurd is a post–World War II designation for particular plays of absurdist fiction written by a number of primarily European playwrights in the late 1950s."
The theater of the 20th century, which includes a wide range of movements such as expressionism, surrealism, and the theater of the absurd. It was characterized by experimentation and a rejection of traditional forms.
- "The plays focus largely on ideas of existentialism and express what happens when human existence lacks meaning or purpose and communication breaks down."
- "The structure of the plays is typically a round shape, with the finishing point the same as the starting point."
- "Logical construction and argument give way to irrational and illogical speech."
- "The ultimate conclusion—silence."
- "post–World War II"
- "primarily European playwrights"
- "a term for the style of theatre the plays represent"
- "ideas of existentialism" and "what happens when human existence lacks meaning or purpose and communication breaks down"
- "irrational and illogical speech"
- "typically a round shape"
- "the finishing point the same as the starting point"
- "post–World War II"
- "what happens when human existence lacks meaning or purpose and communication breaks down"
- "late 1950s"
- "give way to irrational and illogical speech"
- "existentialism"
- "silence"
- "primarily European playwrights"
- "communication breaks down"