Constructing of Time and Space in the Egytain Theater of the Absurdism:Acritical study

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1 department of Arabic language faculty of arts –aswan university

2 Department of Arabic Language, Faculty of Arts, South Valley University

3 Aswan University - Faculty of Arts - Department of Arabic Language - Aswan

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This research article focuses on time, place, and their importance within the theatrical text, as well as their role in the dramatic construction. Due to the depth they achieve in the dramatic text, time and place reveal events and characters, and they are considered important evidence of the time within which the theatrical text takes place. This is for time, but place is not less important than time, as it enables us to learn about the era in which events take place. The form of architecture differs from one era to another. For instance, Pharaonic temples differ from Islamic palaces. Therefore, theater writers took care of both time and place within the theatrical work. However, what happened to them when that group of writers of the Absurd Theater appeared on the literary scene after World War II (1939-1945)? Did this important view of time and place continue? Did this Western group of absurd writers influence some Eastern writers, especially the Egyptians? If some Egyptian writers were influenced by this group, how did this influence appear in their writings? This is what the current research article attempts to answer by highlighting the extent of the influence of Western absurd theater on Egyptian writers. The investigation was based on a group of writers including Tawfiq al-Hakim, Youssef Idris, Salah Abdelsabour, and Mohammad Salmawy. Selection of Egyptian writers was not arbitrary, but rather according to the time factor from the beginning of absurdity until the modern era.

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