Critical discourse of the theater of the absurd structure in accordance with the phenomenological approach

Abstract

In the wake of World War II, the Theatre of the Absurd, asa social and psychological conduct, outlined a setback for humanity,due to losing its balance which signalled the deficiency of intellectualreasoning. The drama of the Absurd was a departure from theAristotelian constants in dramatic structure of the theatrical text,as playwrights of The Theatre of the Absurd tended to rotate thedramatic structure of the text so that to let it move in a non-fortitudinouswhirlpool. Hence, traditional endings disappeared and dramaticevents kept spinning around itself. This led to the creation ofa theatrical space based on differentiation or abstraction and condensation.Thus, the introduction of multiple philosophical conceptsto the spaces of theatrical performance changed the movement oftheatrical phenomenon through multiple interpretive Phenomenologicalreadings in order to achieve aesthetical recognition, and toengage in a more spacious space in the study and analysis of textand performance as an Apocalyptic philosophy, along with the participationof the recipients and the events they had sought. Hence,Phenomenological approach constituted a methodology and directionfor things which assigned them a meaning and established theirindications within direct experience.Existentialism philosophy had a clear and concrete dominanceon Phenomenology and the futility philosophies which it formed theiressence.Therefore, Theatre of the Absurd and the Phenomenology philosophyadopted the visual side in clear visibility to offer the recipientthe greatest part in the explanation and interpretation.As a need had arisen for a study which specialises in the structureof the critical discourse of the Theatre of the Absurd in light ofthe Phenomenological approach, within a specific objective aimingat detecting Phenomenological characteristics in the Futile CriticalDiscourse Structure.It was also essential to analyse an applied sample based on thePhenomenological approach in the analysis of information.