The Stranger

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The Stranger is a landmark existential novel by Albert Camus that explores themes of absurdism, alienation, and the indifference of the universe through the detached perspective of its protagonist, Meursault.

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instanceOf existentialist novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
philosophical novel ⓘ
adaptationDirector Luchino Visconti ⓘ
adaptedInto Lo straniero (1967 film) ⓘ
The Stranger (1967 film) ⓘ
author Albert Camus ⓘ
containsMotif sun and heat ⓘ
trial and judgment ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticalReception landmark of 20th-century literature ⓘ
genre absurdist fiction ⓘ
existentialist fiction ⓘ
philosophical fiction ⓘ
hasPart Part One ⓘ
Part Two ⓘ
influenced existentialist literature ⓘ
postwar French literature ⓘ
literaryMovement existentialism ⓘ
literaryStyle detached narration ⓘ
sparse prose ⓘ
mainCharacter Meursault ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrativeStructure chronological ⓘ
notableScene killing of the Arab on the beach ⓘ
openingLine Mother died today. Or, maybe, yesterday; I can’t be sure. ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalTitle L’Étranger ⓘ
linked to: The Stranger
philosophicalCurrent absurdism ⓘ
philosophicalRelation companion to The Myth of Sisyphus ⓘ
protagonistCharacterTrait emotional detachment ⓘ
indifference ⓘ
protagonistOccupation clerk ⓘ
publicationYear 1942 ⓘ
publisher Gallimard ⓘ
settingLocation Algiers ⓘ
settingRegion French Algeria ⓘ
theme absurdism ⓘ
alienation ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
death ⓘ
emotional detachment ⓘ
indifference of the universe ⓘ
justice ⓘ
meaning of life ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
timeOfNarration retrospective account from prison ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting interwar period ⓘ

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