The stranger is not merely one of the most widely read novels of the 20th century, but one of the books likely to outlive it. The stranger features the harshest depiction of mourn ive seen. This tendency to deny order and meaning where there is none is central to camuss notion of the absurdity of. Lo straniero is a 1967 film by italian film director luchino visconti, based on albert camus novel letranger, with marcello mastroianni. Thus begins one of the most striking, complex, and widely read novels of the twentieth century. In the stranger, albert camus portrays meursault, the books narrator and main character, as aloof, detached, and unemotional. The antihero meursault at the beginning of the novel, is invited to the funeral of his mother where he does not cry.
The stranger tells the story of meursault, a detached, emotionless young man living in algiers. The stranger 1967 by albert camus internet archive. Although he does not have memories of who he is, he realizes that he is very skilled at fighting and decides to fight back. This copy of the work is from the city central library, hyderabad, telangana, india, and was digitized by the digital library of india. Albert camus influential novel, the stranger, a great work of existentialism, examines the absurdity of life and indifference of the world. The lyrics to both versions include direct references to the protagonists mothers death and the expectation that he cry at her funeral. The storys protagonist meursault is an indifferent french algerian, who hardly partakes of the traditional mediterranean culture.
The stranger, a film based on camuss novel and directed by luchino visconti the stranger 1973 film or stranded in space, a sciencefiction tv pilot starring glenn corbett the stranger 1984 film. Mersault, the killer who cares about practically nothing, camus seems to be saying, doesnt make a lot more sense than the prosecution that by bringing in all kinds of extraneous. Considered one of the most significant pieces of existential literature. Major themes of the stranger a research guide for students. Despite appearances, though, neither camus nor meursault ever tried to make things simple for themselves. The title character of the stranger is meursault, a frenchman who lives in algiers a piednoir.
If theres one genre netflix always recommends to me at every turn, its uk crime dramas, probably given that ive binged too many to count at this point. Black and white this is a modern, standard book cover. In the 1990s it was reported that camuss daughter dislikes the film. The novels protagoinist, meursault, is a distanced and indifferent young man. Consequently an extremely rare screening as part of the film society of lincoln centers 28film mastroianni series was mobbed. In an atmosphere of political tension when the french still control algiers, an algerian is killed on the beach and a french man who has lived in algiers all his life is arrested for the murder. Meursault from the time of his mothers death up to a time evidently just before his execution for the murder of an arab. One of the witnesses was at the funeral of arthur meursaults mother. Death and absurdism in camuss the stranger by alan gullette. She asks him if hed like to get married and if he loves her. His mother, named catherine helene sintes was of spanish origin, she was a mute deaf, due to a stroke, but she was able to read lips and worked.
In his novel the stranger 1, albert camus gives expression to his philosophy of the absurd. Net login register for bookmarks and favorites menu login. Philosophical analysis of the stranger by albert camus. Written in 1946, camuss compelling and troubling tale of a disaffected, apparently amoral young man has earned a durable popularity and remains a staple of u. Check out our revolutionary sidebyside summary and analysis. The stranger is a literal but still very cinematic adaptation of the novel by albert camus. To the former hes indifferent and to the latter, he says he doesnt think so. His belief is that there is no rational meaning or order to life. The subsequent trial of meursault manages to convey the oppressive heat of its algerian setting. Marcello mastrioanni stars as meursault, a man who feels utterly isolated from everyone and everything around him. Heres where youll find analysis about the book as a whole. Summary of the stranger by albert camus book analysis. The novel is a firstperson account of the life of m.
In cinema there are a number of movies that could bring up this sensation, this endless cycle of senseless effort. Camus the stranger was published in the dark days of the world war ii, during the existentialist movement, along with the essay collection the myth of sisyphus. With marcello mastroianni, anna karina, bernard blier, alfred adam. It is important to remember that camus was a philosopher who described the irrational aspect of existence. Tuxedomoons third single was titled the stranger and was reworked in 1981 as letranger gigue existentielle for the suite en soussol ep. Its based on the stranger by albert camus, and it has what j.
They spend time tougher at the beach, attending a movie and having sex. Camus opens the stranger with the widely quoted line, mother died today. Albert camus the stranger part 1, chapter 1 genius. As his memories slowly return, he must survive against enemies on both sides of the law. The stranger of the story is a young man who commits an unpremeditated crime in a moment of aberration and then is slowly and methodically condemned to death for it. The script is philosophically very dense and not a single question is raised but not pursued. The movie was funny in parts, but otherwise it was just too stupid. The stranger demanded of camus the creation of a style at once literary and profoundly popular, an artistic sleight of hand that would make the complexities of a mans life appear simple. If visconti had tampered with albert camus masterpiece, i suppose i would have responded with kneejerk indignation.
Marcello mastrioanni stars as meursault, a man who feels utterly isolated from everyone and everything. Stuart gilbert translator, the stranger new york, n. Marie decides she wants to marry him and becomes excited about the. A bit random movie poster with roberto benigni who plays meursault on the front. Lead role arthur meursault flawlessly ignores his own emotions, yet is not sure he knows what happiness means. Folk singersongwriter eric andersen features a song called the stranger song of revenge as one of four songs based on camuss works on his 2014 ep the shadow and light of albert camus. He does not think much about events or their consequences, nor does he express much feeling in relationships or during emotional times. Visconti brings to life the camus novel with the minimum of dialog and surreal visuals. The stranger by albert camus the stranger by albert camus is regarded as one of the prominent works belonging to the genre of absurdism. Albert camus was born on november 7, 19, in mondovi, algeria.
His father, named lucien camus died in the battle of marne 1914 during wwi. Youre going to hear a lot of people saying that the stranger is existentialist fiction, and then youre going to hear a lot of other rather angry people railing about how, no, camus. The stranger is a murky drifter story with vampiric influences, but what starts as a mysterious quest soon turns into just another runofthemill monster movie. Meursault continues to be unburdened by his mothers death. The stranger 1967 in this intense adaptation of the classic albert camus novel, arthur meursault marcello mastroianni is a bored clerical worker in 1930s algeria who is completely isolated. Need help with book 1, chapter 2 in albert camuss the stranger. The stranger by albert camus tells the strange and baffling story of a young shipping clerk, meursault, and the surprising ways he reacts to the world around him. However, digesting the content will certainly take much longer as this little novel raises serious questions about morality, society, justice, religion, and individuality. See a complete list of the characters in the stranger and indepth analyses of meursault, raymond sintes, and marie cardona. The stranger is a 1942 novel by albert camus, often cited as a prime example of camus philosophy of the absurd and existentialism. His parents were spanishfrenchalgerian pied noir colonists. But he has handled camus with an almost excessive reverence, and halfway through.
The stranger is philosophical literature at its baffling bestit uses a fictional story to promote or explore one specific philosophy. The 15 best movies influenced by the philosophy of albert. This alienation results in sudden, inexplicable bursts of violence, culminating in murder. Everything is reckless, meursault is someone who considers life and routine as absurd. Albert camus the stranger lyrics and tracklist genius. It was published as the outsider in england and as the stranger in the united states plot summary. The curious fault of luchino viscontis the stranger is that the film follows the book too closely. Meursault, camus hero, commits a murder almost absentmindedly.
Stone cold stars in this action movie about an amnesiac being hunted by the fbi and the russian mob. The stranger is a novel by albert camus that was first published in 1942. Visconti, like camus, realizes that the meaning of the stranger is not to be found in the plot but in the mood. Albert camus the stranger was in place, but the screws had been given only a few turns and their nickeled heads stuck out above the wood, which was stained dark walnut.
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