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Themes in The Stranger by Camus
The Stranger by Albert Camus was published in 1942 in its original French, and four years later, in English. With over ten million readers since its publication, it is one of the most recognized works of existential fiction, along with Sartre’s Nausea. The Stranger tells the story of Meursault, who his convicted and sentenced for a murder. Camus uses this character to demonstrate what he called “the absurd man,” someone who has recognized the absurdity of human existence and accepts this belief to the death.
Alice Kaplan’s “Looking for the Stranger”
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo19772870.html
Oliver Gloag’s Introduction
amazon.ca/Albert-Camus-Very-Short-Introduction/dp/0198792972
Albert Camus’s collected essays
amazon.ca/Lyrical-Critical-Essays-Albert-Camus/dp/0394708520
Themes in The Stranger by Camus
The Stranger by Albert Camus was published in 1942 in its original French, and four years later, in English. With over ten million readers since its publication, it is one of the most recognized works of existential fiction, along with Sartre’s Nausea. The Stranger tells the story of Meursault, who his convicted and sentenced for a murder. Camus uses this character to demonstrate what he called “the absurd man,” someone who has recognized the absurdity of human existence and accepts this belief to the death.
Alice Kaplan’s “Looking for the Stranger”
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo19772870.html
Oliver Gloag’s Introduction
amazon.ca/Albert-Camus-Very-Short-Introduction/dp/0198792972
Albert Camus’s collected essays
amazon.ca/Lyrical-Critical-Essays-Albert-Camus/dp/0394708520
