I would begin with a quote from Dr Qurrat ul Aen Liaqat’s book The Element of the Absurd in Rajiv Joseph’s post 9/11 Plays “This book is the first initiative to undertake a formal ccptextual analysis of Joseph’s plays whilst tracing the affinities between his play-scripts and Absurd literature.” Dr Qurrat has also endeavoured to prove through her research that Joseph’s dramas are not only a continuation of the Theatre of the Absurd, but they also expand the trajectory of the literature of the Absurd by the change in the paradigms of the Absurd tradition in contemporary American plays, adding some new socio- political connotations to this term in the post-9/11 milieu. Thus she explores the epistemological (the philosophical theory of knowledge) shift of the American Avant Garde tradition in the theatre of the Absurd.

Following up her contention and objectives of this book she explains that her project is to explore the connection of Joseph’s plays with the dramatic tradition of the Absurd. She has conducted detailed scrutiny of Joseph’s selected plays to establish his literary stature in the post 9/11 milieu. Through her exhaustive analysis of Rajiv Josephs four plays, she has illustrated the valuable additions Joseph’s plays have made to the Theatre of the Absurd tradition in terms of new themes, dramatic techniques and new types of characters and symbolism.

One of her many aims as she states was to assess the impact of the post- 9/11 milieu on the Theatre o.