Reading Schedule and Annotations The Stranger Reading Schedule and Annotations

Reading Schedule Must be read and thoroughly annotated by the due date below: Part I Chs 1-3 due Thursday, 9/22 (12-15 annotations) Chs 4-6 due Tuesday, 9/27 (12-15 annotations) Part II Chs 1-3 due Thursday, 9/29 (12-15 annotations) Chs 4-5 due Tuesday, 10/04 (10-12 annotations)

Guided Annotations Existential Principles Absurdist Principles Motifs The Individual (man makes himself and there is no human nature) Free Will (is a fact – no external influences allowed) The World is Absurd (anything can happen to anyone at anytime) Absurdist Principles Irrationality of universe Meaningless of life Importance of physical world Motifs Death/decay Watching/observing Sun/Heat Main Events & Meursault’s Reaction to these events

Example: Annotations “Maman died today” (3). Motif- death We are introduced to the motif of death in the first words of the story. His mother dies and he is going to her funeral. This is a start to many deaths to occur. OR Main event- Meursault shows little reaction to his and doesn’t even remember exactly when she died. This connects to existentialism because they don’t stop to consider why death occurs but just that the world is chaotic and irrational. Must LABEL each annotation!

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