Comparing Albert Camus The Stranger and Virginia Woolfs To the Lighth

Mans Place in Society and Nature in Albert Camus The fantastical and Virginia Woolfs To the LighthouseA general premise underlying the art of penning is that language shapes and is shaped by the surrounding high society (McCarthy 41). Authors of an age taste to effect a message through their writing, and inevitably this telegram to society reflects the temperament of the writer in reaction to his environment and historical scope . In this light, Albert Camus The Stranger (1942) and Virginia Woolfs To the Lighthouse (1927) are products of ii separate cultures in an overlapping time period Camus sparse minimalistic prose and Woolfs lyrical, indulgent discourse confront two different stylistic approaches to a similar theme. The French existentialist philosopher and the English feminist distinctly manipulate the narrative structure and put on symbols and metaphors of nature to suggest the depersonalization and secondary importance of the individual in a society essentially incom patible with and indifferent to man. In particular, two excerpts from Camus and Woolf offer a wealth of stylistic devices in connection with their mean themes. From The Stranger, the chosen passage tells of the main characters (Meursalt) confrontation with a threatening Arab and his resulting murder. The option from To the Lighthouse describes the general passage of time, using a more poetic manner with its emphasis on description over plot. Reform in the world correlates with reform in its literatures method of expression an understanding of Camus and Woolfs coetaneous social backdrop provides insight into the origin and purpose of their works. Born in Algeria in 1913, Albert Camus grew up in a tough, working-class Algiers district and ... ...tranger. 1942. late Jersey Penguin, 1955. pp 57-60. Cruickshank, John. Albert Camus and the Literature of Revolt. Oxford University Press, Inc. 1960. 249. Dyson, Ae, and Morris Beja, eds. To the Lighthouse. London Macmillan, 1970. pp 19, 198. Gorsky, Susan. Virginia Woolf. Boston Twayne, 1978. pp 15, 28, 49, 105, 108. King, Adele. Camus. Oliver and Boyd Ltd. 1964. 120. McCarthy, Patrick. The Stranger. University of Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 1997. Seltzer J., Alvin. The Tension of tie-up Art and Chaos in Virginia Woolfs To the Lighthouse. Chaos in the newfangled The Novel in Chaos. Schocken Books, 1974. pp 120-140. Sprague, Claire. Virginia Woolf A Collection of Critical Essays. tonic Jersey Prentice-Hall. pp 1-13. Woolf, Virginia. To the Lighthouse. 1927. New York Harcourt Brace and Company, 1951. pp 131-133.