literature medium MCQ

The 'Theatre of the Absurd', featuring playwrights like Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco, was heavily influenced by the existential philosophy of:

  1. Friedrich Nietzsche
  2. Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus
  3. Karl Marx
  4. Sigmund Freud

Answer: Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus

The Theatre of the Absurd reflects the existential belief that human existence is fundamentally meaningless and communication is often futile.

Topic Literary Movements
Exam Relevance UPSC Prelims, SSC CGL