Understanding Albert Camus' the Outsider through Derrida's Deconstruction Theory
Md. Mozaffor Hossain
Citation :Md. Mozaffor Hossain,Understanding Albert Camus' the Outsider through Derrida's Deconstruction Theory International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature 2017,5(12) : 44-48.
Jacques Derrida, the French philosopher, proposes the Deconstruction Theory that deals with the relationship between text and meaning. The approach vouches for the complexity, instability and impossibility of the meaning of any text. The meaning making of any sort of coded message is an incessant phenomenon that never gets its meaning fulfilled and terminated. Rather, every time the text is given a careful and deep perusal, it deconstructs. This article is a conscientious attempt to bring to front the fact that Albert Camus' The Outsider possesses innumerable coils of meanings which are justifiable through Derrida's Deconstruction Theory. The novel sheds light on the prevailing conflict between a radical individual and the age old tradition. This gives birth to numerous questions as to what the author of the novel intends to convey and what the readers are provoked to come in touch with. These issues are carefully investigated and considered in this article with a view to reaching the multifaceted meanings of The Outsider.