Facing God experience – Albert Camus and Samuel Beckett
Facing God experience – Albert Camus and Samuel Beckett

Summary/Abstract: Regardless of the times in which people live, they feel a need to seek answers to some fundamental questions which apply to each and every human being, such as: how to deal with situations that cause suffering to us? What are the causes of it? Is it possible for a man to find happiness and the ultimate truth through following one’s own philosophy? In this paper the authors discuss the way in which Albert Camus and Samuel Beckett, the two well-known 20th century writers and thinkers, deal with these dilemmas in their novels and dramas. In the works of both authors, like “The Myth of Sisyphus”, “Caligula”, “Act without words” or “Catastrophe”, the protagonists are pictured as individuals helpless towards influences of the external supernatural forces. Despite the fact that all of the protagonists face similar experiences, the way they react to them is diverse.

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