The Theatre of the Absurd With Reference to Modernism
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq"; mso-bidi-language: ER;">A reasonable introduction to the theater of the absurd is avai...
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University of the Punjab, Institute of Urdu Language and Literature, Lahore
2024-01-01
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| Series: | بازیافت |
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| Online Access: | http://111.68.103.26/journals/index.php/Bazyaft/article/view/7294 |
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| Summary: | <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq"; mso-bidi-language: ER;">A reasonable introduction to the theater of the absurd is available in Urdu literary and scholarly circles, especially of Samuel Beckett's world-renowned play <em>Waiting for Godot</em>, which has had at least two translations in Urdu and one in Punjabi. One Urdu translation was done by Krishan Chandra which was published in <em>Shab Khoon</em>. The second rendering was made by Shafiq Naz, which was published in 2006. Most of the English graduate syllabuses at Pakistani universities include Samuel Beckett's <em>Waiting for Godot</em>. This play has becom a source of introducing theatre of the absurd here in Pakistan and there is no doubt that this play is representative of this theater, however, <em>The Chairs </em>by Eugene Ionesco is another good example of the theatre of the absurd. The importance of <em>The Chairs</em> is not less but today its importance has come out more openly because of its clearer and direct talks on the issues of communication and language.</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: "Jameel Noori Nastaleeq"; mso-ascii-font-family: "Book Antiqua"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-language: ER;" lang="ER"></span></p> |
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| ISSN: | 1992-3678 2788-4848 |