Limbă, Literatură, Folclor

Abstract: This article is a comparative study that aims to highlight the multifaceted nature of the concept of absurdity through several works belonging to Albert Camus. Volumes such as The Myth of Sisyphus, The Revolted Man, The Stranger, Exile and the Empire and Theatre designate a whole set of instances through which the author focuses on an exhaustive analysis of the exaggerated forms of impulses that can provoke the desire for individual and collective annihilation. However, firmly opposing suicide and the ephemerality of the templates of existence imposed by society, the creative urge of the Franco-Algerian philosopher fuels a fascination for the unknown, the latter being perceived as a form of escape that can arise for the individual in unexpected moments of existential frameworks.

Keywords: Camus, absurd, existentialism, suffering, suicide, death, human condition.