Sunday, 15 April 2012

The Stranger - student version

Audiobook: The Stranger by Albert Camus

Albert Camus The Stranger-Part 2-Existentialism- Philosophy of Existence

Interesting blog with many resources on literature.

Professor Edward Said Postcolonial Theory "On Orientalism' - HL students should engage with his ideas while reflecting on Camus. For example what do you know about Algeria, why were the French there, why do Arab characters in "L'etranger" not have names?

                                       

From Wikipedia - Edward Said. He was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and a founding figure in postcolonialism.[1] Robert Fisk described him as the Palestinians' "most powerful political voice."[2]



COUNTER CLAIMS -

Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said's Orientalism [Hardcover]

Ibn Warraq (Author)

http://www.amazon.com/Defending-West-Critique-Edward-Orientalism/dp/1591024846 

Albert Camus on Nihilism

HL STUDENTS - Albert Camus: A Stranger No More (Book Review) | War Is A Crime .org

Albert Camus: A Stranger No More (Book Review) | War Is A Crime .org

CLASSES ON 'THE OUTSIDER' WILL COMMENCE ON MONDAY 23RD FOR HL STUDENTS.
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