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The document provides an overview of the Theatre of the Absurd. It discusses how the term was coined by Martin Esslin to describe plays written in the 1950s-1960s that portrayed the meaningless of human existence. These plays by playwrights like Beckett, Ionesco, and Genet used unconventional styles like nonsense dialogue and plots without resolution to show the absurdity and helplessness of humanity. The document also examines how these plays subverted language and logic to challenge conventions and provok

Author

Philo Derrida

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