Titre : | A Philosophical Interpretation of Albert Camus’s Postmodernist Literary Endeavor in The Stranger (1942) | Type de document : | texte manuscrit | Auteurs : | Mohamed Chouib, Auteur ; Soumia Bentaher, Directeur de thèse | Editeur : | Laghouat : University Amar Telidji - Department of English | Année de publication : | 2023 | Accompagnement : | 1 disque optique numérique (CD-ROM) | Note générale : | Dspace.lagh-univ.dz | Langues : | Anglais | Catégories : | THESES :20 Langue et litterature anglaise
| Mots-clés : | Camus The Stranger postmodern perspective deconstruction power dynamics narrative revolution | Résumé : | This dissertation uses a philosophical framework to understand the postmodernist literary
endeavor of the French philosopher, Albert Camus (1913-1960), in his acclaimed novel, The
Stranger (1942). Since Camus’s book has been abundantly and excessively read as an
existentialist work of fiction, the current dissertation, however, chooses to use an
interdisciplinary approach that seeks to understand the novel’s postmodern dimension.
Through the lens of the philosophical triad of Derrida, Foucault, and Baudrillard, this
dissertation explores how Camus employs postmodern literary techniques in The Stranger to
deconstruct meaning, challenge power dynamics, and blur the lines between fiction and reality.
While Camus’s philosophy is often situated within modernism, The Stranger exhibits
numerous postmodern qualities that point to Camus’s prescience as a writer on the cusp of a
new era in literature. In bringing these three postmodern philosophical strands together
through a close reading of The Stranger, this dissertation has shed new light on Camus as a
postmodern thinker. His blending of existential philosophy with postmodern storytelling
techniques has subtly yet profoundly revolutionized narrative form and pointed the way
toward the radically fragmentary and self-referential literature that would emerge in the late
twentieth century. | note de thèses : | Master Degree in civilization and Literature |
A Philosophical Interpretation of Albert Camus’s Postmodernist Literary Endeavor in The Stranger (1942) [texte manuscrit] / Mohamed Chouib, Auteur ; Soumia Bentaher, Directeur de thèse . - Laghouat : University Amar Telidji - Department of English, 2023 . - + 1 disque optique numérique (CD-ROM). Dspace.lagh-univ.dz Langues : Anglais Catégories : | THESES :20 Langue et litterature anglaise
| Mots-clés : | Camus The Stranger postmodern perspective deconstruction power dynamics narrative revolution | Résumé : | This dissertation uses a philosophical framework to understand the postmodernist literary
endeavor of the French philosopher, Albert Camus (1913-1960), in his acclaimed novel, The
Stranger (1942). Since Camus’s book has been abundantly and excessively read as an
existentialist work of fiction, the current dissertation, however, chooses to use an
interdisciplinary approach that seeks to understand the novel’s postmodern dimension.
Through the lens of the philosophical triad of Derrida, Foucault, and Baudrillard, this
dissertation explores how Camus employs postmodern literary techniques in The Stranger to
deconstruct meaning, challenge power dynamics, and blur the lines between fiction and reality.
While Camus’s philosophy is often situated within modernism, The Stranger exhibits
numerous postmodern qualities that point to Camus’s prescience as a writer on the cusp of a
new era in literature. In bringing these three postmodern philosophical strands together
through a close reading of The Stranger, this dissertation has shed new light on Camus as a
postmodern thinker. His blending of existential philosophy with postmodern storytelling
techniques has subtly yet profoundly revolutionized narrative form and pointed the way
toward the radically fragmentary and self-referential literature that would emerge in the late
twentieth century. | note de thèses : | Master Degree in civilization and Literature |
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