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Line 1: {{work\|wppage=The Stranger (Camus novel)}} ~~{{trope}}~~ {{Infobox book [[File:l etranger albert camus.jpg\|frame]]▼ \| title = The Stranger \| original title = L'Étranger ▲~~[[File:~~ \| image = l etranger albert camus.jpg~~\|frame]]~~ \| caption = \| author = Albert Camus \| central theme = The effects and dangers of social alienation. \| elevator pitch = The internal monologue of a extremely emotionally deatached young man, as his complete distance from social mores and human emotions drives him into jerkassery and homicide. \| genre = \| publication date = 1942 \| source page exists = \| wiki URL = \| wiki name = }} {{quote\|''Maman died today. Or yesterday maybe, I don't know.''}} The first novel of [[Albert Camus]], published in ~~1942—which~~1942, which subsequently launched his writing career. '''Short version:''' An emotionally detached young man learns that his mother's dead, gets engaged to his girlfriend for no particular reason, shoots a man for ''[[Rule of Symbolism\|getting the sun]] [[Disproportionate Retribution\|into his eye at that time]]'', has a bunch of philosophical existential internal monologues and conversations in prison, and is convicted and executed mostly for being a Jerkass.▼ '''Long version:''' The narrator is one M. Meursault ([[Last-Name Basis\|we never get his first name]]), a man who lives in French-colonized Algeria sometime between the two World Wars. The book opens with the news of his mother's death. He visits her nursing home, muses on the life she led there, then attends her funeral, most of which he finds quite boring. He goes on about his daily life: working in a nondescript office, spending time with his girlfriend, observing his neighbors. One of those neighbors, Raymond, enlists Meursault's help in getting revenge on his girlfriend, an Arab woman, who he thinks was cheating on him. Later on, Meursault and Raymond encounter the brother of Raymond's ex. Meursault, somewhat drunk and dazzled by the sunlight, ends up shooting the man with Raymond's revolver, for no particular reason. Thus ends Part One. ▲'''Short version:''' An emotionally detached young man learns that his mother's dead, gets engaged to his girlfriend for no particular reason, shoots a man for ''[[Rule of Symbolism\|getting the sun]] [[Disproportionate Retribution\|into his eye at that time]]'', has a bunch of philosophical existential internal monologues and conversations in prison, and is convicted and executed mostly for being a [[Jerkass]]. Part Two details Meursault's time in prison, and gets much more abstract. The judge who talks to Meursault doesn't seem to care much about the murder of the Arab, but takes offense at Meursault's atheism. Meursault sits in his cell, wishes he had cigarettes, and ponders the meaninglessness of life. The prosecution at his trial uses his lack of grief at his mother's death as evidence against him; he doesn't deny anything. A priest visits Meursault and is, like the judge, appalled at his atheism; Meursault ends up assaulting him. The book ends with Meursault about to be executed, hoping people will watch. Two film adaptations of the book exist: ''Lo Straniero'' (1967) and ''Yazgi'' (2001) ~~----~~ {{Needs More Info}} ~~== Provides examples of ==~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Absurdism]]: An early specimen and one of the best known non-theatre examples. * [[Arc Words]]: "But I got used to it." Line 52 ⟶ 61: [[Category:Philosophical Novel]] [[Category:School Study Media]] [[Category:The Forties]]▼ [[Category:The Stranger]] [[Category:Existentialism]] [[Category:Literature of the 1940s]] [[Category:French Literature]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Stranger, The}} ▲[[Category:~~The Forties~~Literature]]