Samuel Becket’s Waiting for Godot: Revolutionizing Conventional Theatre and Redefining Norms

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  • Dr. Shreeja Tripathi Sharma Assistant Professor, Department of English, Institute for Excellence in Higher Education, Bhopal, M.P, India

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https://doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v9i2.10966

Keywords:

Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot, Existentialism, Theatre of the Absurd

Abstract

Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot revolutionized the conventional theatre and redefined norms which shaped twentieth century drama. The play launched an absurdist style of writing on the landscape of drama which gave the life of performance to the intellectual existentialist ideals of Soren Aabaye Kierkegaard´s and Jean-Paul Sartre´s philosophy. This research paper analyses the elements of Existentialism with respect to supportive evidence from the play.

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References

Becket Samuel. Waiting for Godot. A Tragicomedy in two Acts. Kolkata: Booksway, 2016.

Blackman, H. J. Six existentialist thinkers. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.1952.

Bloom, Harold. Albert Camus's The Stranger Bloom's Guides Comprehensive Research and Study Guides. New York: Infobase Publishing, 2008. Pdf.

Sartre, J. P., and Mairet, P. Existentialism is a Humanism. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1960.Pdf.

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2021-02-27

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Sharma, D. S. T. . (2021). Samuel Becket’s Waiting for Godot: Revolutionizing Conventional Theatre and Redefining Norms. SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH, 9(2), 219–225. https://doi.org/10.24113/ijellh.v9i2.10966

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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2021): Volume 9, Issue 2, February 2021

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