Theory of the Absurd

According to critic Mark Esslin, the concept of "absurd drama" is that playwrights tend to be confused, anxious, miraculous feelings in an absurd attempt in front of the unexplained universe . "(" Theater ") is gently grouped Eslin emphasizes that dramas and stories belonging to" Absurd drama "are made up of situations dealing with how humans respond to events Because it is, we emphasize only trivial things and refuse the concept of "meaningless things". . Logic "Albert Camus is the main writer of" abandoned drama "and will build" absurdity "by completely changing the concept of mankind.

Often classified as existential novels, strangers are certainly based on absurd coronation theory. In the first half of the novel, Mersor is a person who obviously does not regret or apologize. He was impressed only by sensory experiences (burial parade, swimming at the beach, sexual intercourse with Mary, etc.). The coronation ceremony strengthens his basic assertion that there is no truth, only (relative) truth, in particular the truth of science (empiricism / reason) and religion is eventually meaningless. Of course, Mersson himself does not recognize this directly - his understanding of absurdity is at most a subconscious, which "stains" his behavior. However, the basic idea of ​​crowning still exists. The only true thing is in our body. Therefore, Meursault killed Arabs because he responded to the blazing sun, and it beat him when he moved toward his "opponent" at the beach.

Albert Camus' famous novel The Stranger has many unusual events, and absurd theories are often thought through the process. The hero Meursault confused himself and developed Camus' ridiculous philosophy. His philosophy is that human beings tend to impose a reasonable order to the world in the face of absurd evidence of the world. According to the Webster Dictionary, "Absurd is obviously meaning irrationality" (Webster 4). This means that Camus believes that everyone has sort of orders in places that are clearly out of order. I do not agree with the theory of coronation. I believe the world is orderly and most people follow this order. It is not absurd to obey what you think is right. Continuing to obey socially accepted things is not very personal, but of course ridiculous.