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GATE 2023 XH2 (English) – Question 42

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · English Literary Traditions across Time: Chaucer to contemporary English literature · 1 mark · Multiple select

Which of the following writers are associated with the Theatre of the Absurd?

  1. Harold Pinter
  2. Edward Albee
  3. John Osborne
  4. Eugene O’Neill

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Correct answer: (A) Harold Pinter; (B) Edward Albee

Explanation

Pinter and Albee (The Zoo Story) are linked with the Theatre of the Absurd. Osborne belongs to the Angry Young Men and O'Neill to realist and expressionist drama.