KnowraThe StrangerLinked fromLinked fromThe 7 pages that link to The Stranger, each with the reason it gives.All 7Broader topic 5Compared with 2French literatureBroader topic: Its spare style and moral ambiguity mark a defining modern French-language novel.AbsurdismBroader topic: The novel dramatizes an absurdist confrontation with death and the demand for meaning.Albert CamusBroader topic: Its trial dramatizes social judgment, emotional convention, and the absurd.Philosophical novelBroader topic: Meursault’s trial makes social judgment and the absurdity of existence central to the story.Philosophical fictionBroader topic: Its protagonist’s conduct exposes conflicts between social judgment and the search for meaning.