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Where can I find unique and insightful critical analysis of The Stranger?

>> No.7924453
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The sun did it.

>> No.7924454

I doubt you will find much which is unique. It's such a tightly written novella where a fairly clear way of interpretation that I can't really think of how you would go about with novel ideas without reading things into it which aren't in the text.

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>>7924453
so who did the sun?

>> No.7924468

>>7924454
That's what I was thinking, but all the orthodox analysis I've read fails to discuss >>7924453 .

Unless Camus meant for it to be taken literally (which, in my opinion, would make no sense), "the sun made be do it" must surely have some deeper meaning.

>> No.7924481

Read The Myth of Sisyphus as a companion to it. It's all the same themes but in prose form.

>> No.7924524

>>7924481
Somehow I always felt that Sisyphus was "imagined happy" because imagination, being , coupled with the lack truth means that the thought is all you need to be happy because if it's yours it's true enough to you and although it can be questioned, it can never be answered.

Someone consider my interpretation?

>> No.7924608

>>7924524

We "must" imagine sisyphus happy, because it is the only way to cope with the toilsome repetetive nature of most of our lives.

I'd read it as another call to embrace the absurd - Sisyphus must content himself with his pointless task, because he is powerless to do anything else, much like a person who feels trapped in their life.

>> No.7924631

>>7924468
The sun acts as a form of extreme, cruel beauty devoid of any humanity. If you go too far into the aesthetic life, you lose all consideration for your human brethrens.

In Betwixt & Between, Camus said (rough translation) that he was born in between the sun and extreme poverty. The beauty of the sun reminded him that history (i.e.: marxist, class struggle), wasn't everything, that there was an once of natural pleasure to be sought; but likewise that he shouldn't stray too far from history (society), because that's where all the human suffering comes from.

The Stranger disregarded everything exterior to himself. He's a sort of negative rebel, the absurd man.

>> No.7924651

>>7924608
Surely Camus would argue that there are no "musts"
Did he write Myth Of Sisyphus as an example and/or in principle?
I guess I've always imagined it as it's pretty easy to be happy when there's nothing really stopping you. As long as you're aware of your condition, it remains balanced?
Regardless of how he wanted it understood, I am happy with my analysis of it.

>> No.7925908

>>7924425

In the heat of the moment.