Question

Facing a cold, hostile universe, these playwrights felt that what happens in life cannot be explained logically, that human existence is futile, that relationships are ineffective, language is imprecise and that traditional structures of plays fail to reflect the ridiculousness, meaninglessness, anxiety and chaos of the world. Which "ism" is this?
a) Surrealism
b) Dadaism
c) Expressionism
d) Naturalism
e) Absurdism

Answer 1

Answer:

e) Absurdism

Explanation:

Absurd refers to the nature of humans to find the meaning of life when the the universe they exist in is cold and hostile. This absurdity arises from the fact that the human mind and the universe coexist because of the nature of the mind and universe.

Furthermore, absurdism examines when the people become aware of absurdism how they react. Søren Kierkegaard was influential in the development of absurdism.