Neurotic Absurdity or Absurdist Neurosis: An Analysis of Harold Pinter's the Birthday Party

Author(s)	Ms. Manali Hom Chowdhury
Country	India
Abstract	The aim of this paper is to critically analyze how the elements of absurdity shapes Pinter’s play The Birthday Party and how it is interrelated to the concept of neurosis. Freudian psychoanalysis will be used to demonstrate the relatedness of the concepts like trauma, repressed desire, sexuality. Qualitative research methodology will be used in this study. The researcher will try to find the interplay of absurdity and neurosis in the above mentioned text, that is neurosis the cause or the effect of absurdity and the absurdity is manifested through the neurotic behaviour of the characters or they become neurotic because of the absurd situation
Keywords	Harold Pinter, Absurdity, Neurosis, Theatre of the Absurd, Freudian Psychoanalysis
Field	Arts
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On	2026-03-27
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i02.72666

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