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Volume 17:12 December 2017
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Meaninglessness of Meursault’s Life in Albert Camus’s
The Outsider

S. Ragapriya, M.A., M.Phil.

Abstract

French literature is, generally speaking, literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of France other than French. The Outsider [UK version] (The Stranger US version) contains various components of Camus’s absurdist philosophy. Meursault’s life appearing to have no meaning in the grand spectrum of the universe is one component of this philosophy. Camus notes that since death is inevitable to all lives are therefore equally meaningless. Although Meursault believe in this ideology, it’s not revealed until the Chaplin talks to him about life after death. Meursault’s strong opposition towards Christianity shows his ideology. Meursault finally comes to a conclusion that having hope for sustained life only makes him believe that death is avoidable – hence, he believes he is liberated from these false hopes and all he has to do is enjoy the remaining days of his life.

Albert Camus

Albert Camus was a French-Algerian writer best known for his absurdist works, including The Stranger (1942) and The Plague (1947). He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1957. Albert Camus (1913-1960) was a representative of non- metropolitan French literature. His origin in Algeria and his experiences there in thirties were dominating influences in his thought and work. Of semi- proletarian parents early attached to intellectual circles of strongly revolutionary tendencies, with deep interest in philosophy, he came to France at the age of twenty-five. The man and the times met: Camus joined the resistance movement during the occupation and after the liberation was a columnist for the newspaper Combat. But his journalistic activities had been chiefly response to the demands of the time, in 1947 Camus retried from political journalism besides writing his fiction and essays was very active in the theatre as a producer and playwright.

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S. Ragapriya, M.A., M.Phil.
Assistant Professor of English
Adhiyaman Arts and Science College for Women
Uthangarai 635306
Krishnagiri
Tamilnadu
India
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