A Stylistics Analysis of the Meaning of Death in the Novel “The Stranger” by Albert Camus

Abstract

The present study aims to present a stylistic analysis of the meaning of “Death” in the novel “The Stranger” written by Albert Camus. Stylistics in general is the scientific study of the “style” followed by various writers in their works. The present study involves the stylistics features as well as the literary features utilized within the novel under study in order to highlight the meaning or concept of death which is one of the most argumentative themes of the novel and which he (Albert Camus) has described and highlighted through various names and concepts. In this context, the stylistics features such as grammar, lexical meanings, words, phrases, sentence structure and other linguistics features have been taken into consideration for the understanding the issue under study whereas the literary features such as figure of speech, similes, metaphors and alliteration have also been discussed for the sake of more clarification of the topic under discussion. Moreover, it is a qualitative study in nature. The text of the novel has been used a primary source for collection of data. The text of the novel “The Stranger” has been thoroughly and critically studied by the researcher in order to collect the required data according to the nature of the study. Furthermore, the Text-World theory presented by Paul Werth (1994, 1995. 1997) has been used as a theoretical and analytical framework. Its analytical tools have been used by the researcher to highlight the problem under study