Philosophy sheds light on literature while literature brings philosophy out into the open and enlightens it. It aims at Weltanschauung, a German word used to embody the differences and resemblances of both fields. The essence of the essay is not only the influences of Sartre’s existentialism on Beckett’s literature. My aim is to get underneath the general statements of the Absurd Theatre, concentrating on the plays of one of the pioneering and influential voices of Absurdism: Samuel Beckett.
Traditional philosophy sets its foot on the thinking subject and develops epistemologically while existential philosophy sets off the journey with the existing subject a particular subject who is involved in a particular situation and develops ontologically. The focal point of this article is his existence in Beckett’s plays. It would be quite pertinent for philosopy to show and develop its concepts in literature therefore, analogically, Sartre attempts to find a voice for his views in plays and novels in order to inquire his concepts. Philosophy and literature are not such different areas that they are thoroughly intertwined. Throughout, the elements of existentialism in Beckett’s world are explored and combined with Sartre’s ideology.
This study aims to examine how Sartre’s existentialism is employed in Beckett’s plays: Waiting for Godot, Endgame, Krapp’s Last Tape, Play, and Not I.
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