Sunday, 7 August 2016

What style is Albert Camus' The Stranger written in?

' story,
, was originally written in French, in the narrative style, in the first
person. It is considered a "psychological self-examination," however Camus' work had a
twist: thein the story does not provide a detailed description for the reader, leading him or
her to the conclusions that writer has in mind, but rather presents the main character's
"action and behavior" and lets the reader make his or her own judgments.


The primary reason for this is that Camus believed:


...psychology is action, not thinking about oneself.


The speaker leaves too many things up in the air because he has not explained
everything in the narrative. Rather than "spoon-feeding" the reader with
"commentary," Camus describes what the character is "thinking and
perceiving," but the only influence the author provides to the reader is writing that
reflects the attitude of Meursaultfrustrating (to the reader)
indifference, almost to the point that one wants to shake either Merusault
or Camus or both. These gaps in the story by way of Merusault's behavior (or lack thereof),
along with the half-informed opinions of those who testify at the trial, seal Meursault's
fate.

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