From Suicide, to Acceptance through Faith, and then, to Defiant Revolt: Existential Absurdism in Albert Camus' The Stranger
Abstract
This thesis examines the three stages of resolving the Absurd in existential Absurdism highlighted by Albert Camus in The Myth of Sisyphus in an attempt to find meaning in life. It argues that the narrator Meursault in Albert Camus' The Stranger ventures through these three stages: suicide, acceptance through faith, and defiant revolt. In order to better understand the process and the motive behind Merusault's actions and human conditions, and to gain a deeper understanding of Absurdism, Freudian analysis is used to demonstrate Meursault's life in relation to the Absurd.
Subject
Camus, Albert, 1913-1960. Etranger
Suicide in literature
Faith in literature
Absurd (Philosophy) in literature
Existentialism in literature
Permanent Link
http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/66336Type
Thesis
Description
Thesis (M.A.--English Literature)