The Absurd

The Absurd
Author: Arnold P. Hinchliffe
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2017-07-06
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1351631160

First published in 1969, provides a helpful introduction to the study of Absurdist writing and drama in the first half of the twentieth century. After discussing a variety of definitions of the Absurd, it goes on to examine a number of key figures in the movement such as Esslin, Sartre, Camus, Ionesco and Genet. The book concludes with a discussion of the limitations of the term ‘Absurd’ and possible objections to Absurdity. This book will be of interest to those studying Absurdist literature as well as twentieth century drama, literature and philosophy.

Architecture of the Absurd

Architecture of the Absurd
Author: John Silber
Publisher:
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2007
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

"In his twenty-five years as President of Boston University, Dr. Silber oversaw a building program totaling more than 13 million square feet. Here he constructs an unflinching case, beautifully illustrated, against the worst trends in contemporary architecture. He challenges architects to derive creative satisfaction from meeting the practical needs of clients and the public. He urges the directors of our universities, symphony orchestras, museums, and corporations to stop financing inefficient, overpriced architecture, and calls on clients and the public to tell the emperors of our skylines that their pretensions cannot hide the naked absurdity of their designs."--BOOK JACKET.

Albert Camus and the Political Philosophy of the Absurd

Albert Camus and the Political Philosophy of the Absurd
Author: Matthew H. Bowker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Absurd (Philosophy).
ISBN: 9780739181362

In Albert Camus and the Political Philosophy of the Absurd: Ambivalence, Resistance, and Creativity, Matthew H. Bowker takes an interdisciplinary approach to Albert Camus' political philosophy by reading absurdity itself as a metaphor for the psychosocial dynamics of ambivalence, resistance, integration, and creativity. Decoupling absurdity from its ontological aspirations and focusing instead on its psychological and phenomenal contours, Bowker discovers an absurdist foundation for ethical and political practice.

The absurd in literature

The absurd in literature
Author: Neil Cornwell
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2013-07-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1847796575

Neil Cornwell's study, while endeavouring to present an historical survey of absurdist literature and its forbears, does not aspire to being an exhaustive history of absurdism. Rather, it pauses on certain historical moments, artistic movements, literary figures and selected works, before moving on to discuss four key writers: Daniil Kharms, Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett and Flann O'Brien. The absurd in literature will be of compelling interest to a considerable range of students of comparative, European (including Russian and Central European) and English literatures (British Isles and American) – as well as those more concerned with theatre studies, the avant-garde and the history of ideas (including humour theory). It should also have a wide appeal to the enthusiastic general reader.

Reading the Absurd

Reading the Absurd
Author: Joanna Gavins
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2013-06-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0748669272

What is the literary absurd? What are its key textual features? How can it be analysed? How do different readers respond to absurdist literature?Taking the theories and methodologies of stylistics as its underlying analytical framework, Reading the Absurd tackles each of these questions. Selected key works in English literature are examined in depth to reveal significant aspects of absurd style. Its analytical approach combines stylistic inquiry with a cognitive perspective on language, literature and reading which sheds new light on the human experience of literary reading.By exploring the literary absurd as a linguistic and experiential phenomena, while at the same time reflecting upon its essential historical and cultural situation, Joanna Gavins brings a new perspective to the absurd aesthetic.

The Absurd

The Absurd
Author: Arnold P. Hinchliffe
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2017-07-06
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1351631179

First published in 1969, provides a helpful introduction to the study of Absurdist writing and drama in the first half of the twentieth century. After discussing a variety of definitions of the Absurd, it goes on to examine a number of key figures in the movement such as Esslin, Sartre, Camus, Ionesco and Genet. The book concludes with a discussion of the limitations of the term ‘Absurd’ and possible objections to Absurdity. This book will be of interest to those studying Absurdist literature as well as twentieth century drama, literature and philosophy.

Contemporary American Novelists of the Absurd

Contemporary American Novelists of the Absurd
Author: Charles H. Harris
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 166
Release: 1972-07
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780808400431

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Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd

Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd
Author: M. Bennett
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2011-04-25
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0230118828

Fifty years after the publication of Martin Esslin's The Theatre of the Absurd , which suggests that 'absurd' plays purport the meaninglessness of life, this book uses the works of five major playwrights of the 1950s to provide a timely reassessment of one of the most important theatre 'movements' of the 20th century.

The Absurd Workplace

The Absurd Workplace
Author: Matthijs Bal
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2022-11-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3031178874

The current world is absurd. Faced with climate change, health pandemics, and ever-growing inequality, it is striking how globally, governments and organizations are malingering to find effective responses to these crises, leading to absurd situations where we are facing the destruction of the planet, while humankind is not making the necessary transformation towards truly sustainable societies and workplaces. Focusing on these grand, global challenges from an absurdity and hypernormalization lens, the book aims to elucidate what is happening in contemporary society and workplaces, why there is so little improvement being made in relation to the grand global challenges, and how a more sustainable social transformation can be made in organizations. It offers a wide, yet in-depth, perspective on absurdity in society and the workplace and presents a theoretical framework, as well as in-depth case studies of sectors or organizations where absurdity manifests itself. Presenting an overarching new perspective on society and workplaces, this book helps students and academics make sense of what is currently unfolding, and what can be done. The book therefore bridges theory, science and the everyday practice of organizational life, and how individuals working in a variety of organizations can contribute to more sustainable economies and societies.