http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2016(I-I).04
10.31703/glr.2016(I-I).04
Published : Mar 2016
A Study of Absurdity in Samuel Beckett9apos9s Play Waiting for Godot and Albert Camus Novel The Outsider
While keeping in view the elements of absurdity, the study focuses the analysis of Samuel Beckett’s play “Waiting for Godot” and Camus’ novel “The Outsider”. The artistic features of these works such as title, setting, structure, theme, characters and actions/dialogues are overviewed through the lens of absurdity. Both of the texts have these issues in some proportion with different contexts but many similarities. The absurdity appeared was in the form of meaninglessness of life without any goal and purpose, chaos in life, love for death and emotional and spiritual barren characters.
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Samuel Beckett, Camus, Chaos, Existentialism, Absurdity, Novel and Play
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(1) Irfan Ullah
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan
(2) Liaqat Iqbal
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Abdur Rehman
Lecturer, Fauji Foundation Education System, Nowshera, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Ullah, I., Iqbal, L., & Rehman, A. (2016). A Study of Absurdity in Samuel Beckett9apos9s Play Waiting for Godot and Albert Camus Novel The Outsider. Global Language Review, I(I), 46-57. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2016(I-I).04
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CHICAGO : Ullah, Irfan, Liaqat Iqbal, and Abdur Rehman. 2016. "A Study of Absurdity in Samuel Beckett9apos9s Play Waiting for Godot and Albert Camus Novel The Outsider." Global Language Review, I (I): 46-57 doi: 10.31703/glr.2016(I-I).04
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HARVARD : ULLAH, I., IQBAL, L. & REHMAN, A. 2016. A Study of Absurdity in Samuel Beckett9apos9s Play Waiting for Godot and Albert Camus Novel The Outsider. Global Language Review, I, 46-57.
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MHRA : Ullah, Irfan, Liaqat Iqbal, and Abdur Rehman. 2016. "A Study of Absurdity in Samuel Beckett9apos9s Play Waiting for Godot and Albert Camus Novel The Outsider." Global Language Review, I: 46-57
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MLA : Ullah, Irfan, Liaqat Iqbal, and Abdur Rehman. "A Study of Absurdity in Samuel Beckett9apos9s Play Waiting for Godot and Albert Camus Novel The Outsider." Global Language Review, I.I (2016): 46-57 Print.
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OXFORD : Ullah, Irfan, Iqbal, Liaqat, and Rehman, Abdur (2016), "A Study of Absurdity in Samuel Beckett9apos9s Play Waiting for Godot and Albert Camus Novel The Outsider", Global Language Review, I (I), 46-57
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TURABIAN : Ullah, Irfan, Liaqat Iqbal, and Abdur Rehman. "A Study of Absurdity in Samuel Beckett9apos9s Play Waiting for Godot and Albert Camus Novel The Outsider." Global Language Review I, no. I (2016): 46-57. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2016(I-I).04