Synopsis:
Camus's "The Stranger" (L'Étranger), expressing absurdist philosophy through protagonist Meursault's emotional detachment, social alienation, meaningless murder, & trial condemnation, demonstrates how literary narrative embodies philosophical concepts through first-person present tense narrative technique, sparse declarative style, & refusal of psychological motivation, while "The Plague" (La Peste) expands absurdist philosophy to collective experience through epidemic metaphor, arbitrary suffering, & Dr. Rieux's absurd heroism, creating literary expression of absurdist philosophy addressing human meaning-making, social conformity, solidarity, & authentic existence.

Synopsis:
Camus's absurd philosophy, addressing fundamental confrontation between human need for meaning & universe's silence, rational mind encountering irrational world, & expectation of coherence meeting chaos, articulates three consequences including suicide as fundamental philosophical problem, escape through hope & transcendent solutions, & absurd man living without appeal through lucid recognition maintaining human dignity, exemplified through absurd heroes including Sisyphus embodying defiant joy, Don Juan embracing temporal intensity, Actor performing conscious role-playing, & Conqueror engaging political action without ideological certainty, creating philosophical framework addressing human freedom, dignity, & meaning-making in indifferent universe.

Synopsis:
Albert Camus's transformative journey from Algerian working-class poverty through tuberculosis confrontation, philosophical awakening under mentor Jean Grenier, theatrical artistic expression, investigative journalism exposing colonial injustice, wartime Resistance participation, & ultimately Nobel Prize recognition, demonstrates how lived experience of absurdity, Mediterranean sensuality, & moral complexity shaped existentialist philosophy challenging both European rationalism & totalitarian ideology, creating literary & philosophical legacy addressing human dignity, freedom, & meaning-making in indifferent universe.