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absurditeater

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Teatriterminite baas

ID 1152392 Last modified 31.12.2025
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Domain theatre and performing artshistory of the theatre & theatre criticism
  • näitekirjanduse ja teatri suund, mida iseloomustavad arusaam inimelu tähendusetusest, tinglikkus ning tegevuse ja keele aloogilisus
  • drama using the abandonment of conventional dramatic form to portray the futility of human struggle in a senseless world
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  • Tekkinud 1950. ja 1960. aastate Prantsusmaal.
absurditeater
Usage examples
  • Martin Esslin määratleb absurditeatri segažanriks, väites, et naeru ja õuduse segamisel ületab absurditeater komöödia ja tragöödia piire.
theatre of the absurd
Usage examples
  • [T]he Theatre of the Absurd strives to express its sense of senselessness of the human condition and the inadequacy of the rational approach by the open abandonment of rational devices and discursive thought.
  • The Theatre of the Absurd has renounced arguing about the absurdity of the human condition; it merely presents it in being – that is, in terms of concrete stage images.

Word forms

Inflection Type 2e

absurditeater absurditeatrid
absurditeatri absurditeatrite
absurditeatrit absurditeatreid

Etymology

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  • absurditeater
    • théâtre de l'absurde

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