Algeria France and the Mersault Investigtion
French civilization. Because Camus also presented a dichotomous view of colonialism in The Stranger, Harun is able to deftly balance the need on the one hand to expose the French author’s prejudices while also acknowledging that Camus was merely a product of his time. Harun gives credit to Camus’s recognition of existential absurdity, of the irrationality of religion and the search for “a God who doesn’t exist,” (Daoud 5). Camus presented a bleak and meaningless portrait of the world, and Harun seeks to rectify that worldview by seeking meaning, justice,… Continue Reading...
