The Divided self: a study of Albert Camus' L'etranger and La chute

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dc.contributor.advisorEiche, Eugene
dc.contributor.authorKowal, Luba
dc.date.accessioned2005-07-19T21:24:00Z
dc.date.available2005-07-19T21:24:00Z
dc.date.issued1978
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 80-84.en
dc.description.abstractThis study deals with the psychological drama of the divided self in Albert Camus' novels L'Etranger and La Chute. The anxieties experienced by Meursault and Jean-Baptiste Clamence, their perceptions of reality and the ways in which they relate to others all closely coincide with the schizoid and schizophrenic states of being described by Dr. R. D. Laing in his existential-phenomenological study of sanity and madness, The Divided Self. The bewildering, often cryptic and contradictory behaviour of both Meursault and Clamence can be better understood if they are viewed, not as integral, uni-dimensional characters, but rather as ones who are split, to a schizoid and schizophrenic degree respectively, into two counteracting true and false selves. This analysis takes into account three principal existential modes of Meursault and Clamence: each character is studied firstly according to how he relates to the world, secondly to others, and finally, as seen through the attitude he eventually adopts towards existence and the meaning it comes to hold for him, to his divided self.
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dc.format.extentv, 84 leaves ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier82481048en
dc.identifier.citationKowal, L. (1978). The Divided self: a study of Albert Camus' L'etranger and La chute (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/18749en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/18749
dc.identifier.lccPQ 2605 A38 E858 1978 Microficheen
dc.identifier.other82481048en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/14966
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
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dc.subject.lccPQ 2605 A38 E858 1978 Microficheen
dc.subject.lcshCamus, Albert, 1913-1960. L'etranger
dc.subject.lcshCamus, Albert, 1913-1960. La Chute
dc.titleThe Divided self: a study of Albert Camus' L'etranger and La chute
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineRomance Studies
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 328 82481048
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