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My Favorite Absurdist Literature
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The Ubu Plays: Includes: Ubu Rex; Ubu Cuckolded; Ubu EnchainedThe Ubu Plays: Includes: Ubu Rex; Ubu Cuckolded; Ubu Enchained by Alfred Jarry
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Three plays by Alfred Jarry that satarize European philosophies. Probably my favorite play in which the characters throw their own excrement.
Fear and Trembling (Penguin Great Ideas)Fear and Trembling (Penguin Great Ideas) by Soren Kierkegaard
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Arguably Kierkegaard's most important work in which he deals with Christian ethics and theology.
The StrangerThe Stranger by Albert Camus
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Probably the best known example of Absurdist literature to date.
Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces: Includes: All That Fall; Embers; Acts Without Words, I and II; MimesKrapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces: Includes: All That Fall; Embers; Acts Without Words, I and II; Mimes by Samuel Beckett
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Krapp, an aging man who records his diary into a tape recorder, is my favorite Beckett character.
Four Plays: The Bald Soprano; The Lesson; Jack, or the Submission; The ChairsFour Plays: The Bald Soprano; The Lesson; Jack, or the Submission; The Chairs by Eugene Ionesco
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are DeadRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
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R & G is my favorite play, absurdist or otherwise, that deals with two minor characters in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two ActsWaiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
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Rhinoceros and Other PlaysRhinoceros and Other Plays by Eugene Ionesco
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The SupermaleThe Supermale by Alfred Jarry
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