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So I need to know, what is one common theme in all of Camus's works and which literary devices does he use to achieve that theme?

>> No.2601789

Is this another author who sucks eggs but /lit/ pretends to like him anyway?

HUEHUEHUEH

OH /LIT/! YOU CRAY!

>> No.2601787

Words are a common theme.

He uses the literary device known as prose.

>> No.2601795

You are a wanker

>> No.2601794

>>2601789

>not knowing who Camus is, /b/ is that way my friend!

>> No.2601798

>>2601794
Trolled

>> No.2601802

Seriously you guys? Can I just get some help here? I'm being paid to write this paper for someone and I just need to know a theme that is common in all his works and what literary devices (tone, syntax, symbolism, etc) he uses to achieve his theme. Help me out here please?

>> No.2601805

>>2601802

Okay. Give me 60% of what he's paying you and I'll tell you.

>> No.2601810

>>2601798

Now now anon, don't be telling porkies you didn't know who he was you seen my post and google'd him whilst doing so you read about who he was and what a great old chap he was. Then you realized that not knowing who was would make you an outcast here thus posting that post. Was I close to the truth Anon? I think I was.

>> No.2601812

>>2601805
Sounds good. He's paying me in cash so I would need your address. And no, I don't use credit cards so I don't have a paypal.

>> No.2601817

>>2601812

No deal.

>> No.2601820

>>2601817
It's cool bro. I understand your concerns.

>> No.2601821

He was a famous homosexual, write about that.

>> No.2601830

>>2601821
If I wrote about that, then I wouldn't get paid sadly. I need a theme and literary devices to write about.

>> No.2601842

>>2601830
Camus wrote frequently on the topic of doing one's own homework, and used the common literary device of s'ing d's

>> No.2601850

>>2601842
How many times do I have to repeat myself, I'm being paid to do this. Tell the guy who's paying me to do his own homework.

>> No.2601854

>>2601850
still a fucking homework thread.

>> No.2601860

>>2601854
I just need the money. I have to deal with whiny bratty teens all day long but the cash I get at the end of it is worth it.

>> No.2601872

talk about how sartre was the sole creator of absurdism, and that the only field camus was concerned with was christian existentialism.

>> No.2601876

>>2601872
I've done some reading about Sartre. Christian existentialism? Is there anyway to put that into a usable theme? And what literary devices would be used along with that?

>> No.2601886

>>2601876
you're ridiculous

>> No.2601889

>>2601886
I know. I know. I'm sorry.

>> No.2601890

>>2601876
remember how on two occasions, religion was mentioned in the Outsider? talk about that, that is important. Also, read the link below about all the important themes of that novel, his other novels exploit similar themes

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/outsiders/themes.html

>> No.2601894

>>2601890
Thanks man! That's a start!

>> No.2601930

I'm reading the stranger
that shit's weak.

>> No.2601940

I don't get the big deal about The Stranger. The guy's a total asshole but the author calls him a man who's condemned because of his society's rules. HE KILLED A MAN. If you don't think that's not wrong then you should probably deserve to die but this is a Nihilist book so I don't think anyone who likes this shit actually cares.

>> No.2601943
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2601943

>>2601930

The Stranger isn't that good. Read The Rebel or The Myth of Sisyphus.

>> No.2601948

>>2601930
I read The Stranger a long ass time ago. I enjoyed it. Then I read The Plague, then I never really picked up Camus again.

>> No.2601952

People must keep in consideration, it was published after his death. And if I recall it right, he never even finished it really.

>> No.2601956

>>2601940
lol deluded moralfag

>> No.2601964

>>2601943
I'll take that in consideration

>>2601948
I don't know. I just haven't gotten into it, I guess I'll finish it today but I still think it's damn weak.
It's just an apathetic guy. He hasn't even expressed why he does feel apathetic. He just considers everything meaning for the lulz(apparently)
I'm around half of it I think

>> No.2601971

>>2601784
homeowrk thred?

>> No.2601974

>>2601964
oh my god this is painful to read. please just let this thread die.

>> No.2601973

>>2601964
meaningless*

>> No.2601987

Read "The Fall." It's seemingly the least recommended Camus novel, here and elsewhere, but I think it's the best. Sartre agrees. Plus, I love the way Jean-Baptiste Clamence speaks, his locution, even in translation, is unctuous and razor sharp at the same time. "Ah, I see you smile at that use of the subjunctive. I confess my weakness for that mood and for fine speech in general." Delightful.

>> No.2603456

OP here, I'm almost done with the paper. Thought you'd like to know.

>> No.2603463

>>2601940
Fucking idiot. It's not nihilism, it's absurdism. Camus spoke out against nihilism constantly, read his essays.

>> No.2603466

>>2603456
put it in paste bin and post the link to it, I want to read your interpretations

>> No.2603469

>>2601987
>least recommended
Because "The Plague" is better and "The Stranger" and "Exile and the Kingdom" are shorter, so easier to read through.

>> No.2603481

>>2601940
>the author calls him a man who's condemned because of his society's rules. HE KILLED A MAN.

Yeah, but the only reason he was executed was because he didn't cry at his mother's funeral.

>> No.2603519

>>2603481

Learn to read bruh.
The reason they executed that asspie is because he hunted down the Arab he had fought with before and shot him dead in cold blood.
The prosecutor (or whatever the yuro equivalent is) just used his mothers funeral to highlight what a heartless faggot he was.

>> No.2603521

>>2601987
I fucking hate everyone on this thread except for you. Camus is amazing and his main themes are always the man who struggles with the way society works. He is the real existentialist author, Sartre? Really? Sartre was just an emotional wreck most of the time.

I've read every damn thing Camus wrote, I second the idea of The Fall as his best book. The whole idea of being able to judge other people because he is a penitent after seeing his life destroyed is beautiful. The fact that the entire narration is a monologue and it doesn't bore me is amazing.

Everyone else in here who is saying The Stranger is weak can go and die, painfully.

>> No.2603548

>>2601795
>The Wanker-Informer
I'm fucking stealing that