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Situational Irony
Style
Explanation and Analysis:
It is important to acknowledge that The Stranger was written by Camus in French, while this guide is based on an English translation of the novella by Matthew Ward. The diction and syntax is then a cross between Camus’s own writing and the work of Ward. This affects the reader's understanding of The Stranger writ large, as well as the style of the writing in particular. Any specific language used throughout the story is merely an interpretation of Camus's writing, not a one-to-one reproduction (which would be functionally impossible to create). Understanding Camus's style is therefore more challenging to do with The Stranger than with other authors of different stories, and in many ways, the style of the work is the product of Ward as opposed to Camus himself.
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