期刊名称：Lapis Lazuli : an International Literary Journal
电子版ISSN：2249-4529
出版年度：2013
卷号：3
期号：2
出版社：Pinter Society of India
摘要：After the two World Wars there was total confusion and disorder. Man was unable to come out of the horrors of war. In an effort to come out of the horror, man found the loss of his space and identity. He is throttled by his own existence. This era gave birth to a host of dramatists like Samuel Beckett, Tom Stoppard, Harold Pinter and many others. They gave birth to the Theatre of the Absurd and focused on the nothingness and meaninglessness of existence. Pinter's play The Birthday Party is a presentation of the predicament of the post war generation. My paper focuses on the dilemma of this generation who futilely wastes their life for a space of their own and is in quest for identity
关键词：Theatre of the Absurd; Space; Paranoia; Identity; dilemma
