Abstract
Abstract
 Absurdity is one of the prominent philosophy associated with the emergence of modernist and postmodernist movement in literary text. In such texts, we notice that the embedded themes and ideas reflect the dilemma and the suffering of modern man. The purpose of this paper is an attempt to clarify the subtle feeling associates with the appearance of modernist and postmodernist movements, discussing the ideas of absurdity and absolutism. Also, it gives an idea about the sense of sickness associates with the anomalies of the human conduct on the projected scene such as a universe of meta--identity, named the hilarious theater. This type of theatre is commonly known as absurd theater as discovered by Martin Julius Esslin (1918-2002), who created this phrase to explain Meta identity has been substantially reinterpreted through an exterior identity mask, which invigorates one of the postmodern ideological conceptions of the enormous humanity. The paper consists of three sections: the first is an introduction to Pinter's Birthday Party. The second section discusses the concept of absurdity and the reason of its emergence. The third section deals with how absurd themes reflect the pain, the sense of loss and void that modern man experiences amid the chaotic world specifically after WWII. Finally, the study ends up with conclusion and recommendations for further studies
Highlights
Birthday Party is one of Harold Pinter great plays written in (1957).The title of the play might not be appropriate to the content or match with the message that the writer wants to deliver
The tragedy of modern man shows that modern man has lost the sense of happiness and joy expressed via love and affection which are used only to experience the past but the status quo compels him/her to live alone
Going on with him earlier in his life. Such circumstances express the tragedy of the protagonist in previous life and in current life specially when the two strangers McCann and Goldberg arrives the boarding house and join the birthday party
Summary
Birthday Party is one of Harold Pinter great plays written in (1957).The title of the play might not be appropriate to the content or match with the message that the writer wants to deliver. The setting of the play reflects the circumstances of a world characterized as full of menace, void of values and meaningless This is the way that modern man experiences. We notice that Stanley recollects only pain and the lack of love and affection of his previous life but with no detailed information about what was going on with him earlier in his life Such circumstances express the tragedy of the protagonist in previous life and in current life specially when the two strangers McCann and Goldberg arrives the boarding house and join the birthday party. The atmosphere of the play exhibits a lack of communication of human qualities and expresses equivocation in all aspect of social life This might be shown via the setting of a world which is characterized as full of tragic moments , meaninglessness and loss
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