Albert camus biography pdf

Albert Camus’ Critique of Modernity. Ronald D. Srigley.

Albert Camus: A Concise Biography - UF Special and Area Studies …

Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press,

Albert Camus enjoyed making work plans, and filing his thoughts and writings under headings. He thereby built a structure with the Absurd as the first pillar. This major title included: an essay, The Myth of Sisyphus; a novel, The Stranger; and two plays, Caligula and The Misunderstanding – four works that were published between and Rebellion is the second pillar, around which gravitates, with symmetry to the first, an essay, The Rebel; a novel, The Plague; and two plays, The State of Siege and The Just Assassins – all published between and In both cycles, the Absurd and Rebellion, the essay – whether it be The Myth or Sisyphus or The Rebel – develops the underlying concept of the three works of fiction published in quick succession.

In the s especially but still today, many scholars of Camus view the evolution of his works in terms of themes and bre