König Ubu
"Ubu Roi" was followed by "Ubu Cocu" ("Ubu Cuckolded") and "Ubu Enchaîné" ("Ubu in Chains"), neither of which was performed during Jarry's 34-year life. One of his later works, a novel/essay on "pataphysics", is offered as an explanation behind the ideas that underpin "Ubu Roi". Pataphysics is, as Jarry explains, "the science of the realm beyond metaphysics". Pataphysics is a pseudo-science Jarry created to critique members of the academy. It studies the laws that "govern exceptions and will explain the universe supplementary to this one". It is the "science of imaginary solutions".