November / Philosophical Novel Poll

[OrphanPip]

I have wanted to read more from Camus after I read his play Caligula last year. Both The Stranger and The Plague are "appealing" titles, and I haven't known about The Fall until I saw this forum. However, I have no background to philosophy. Should I read more introductory work on philosophy before I try Camus, or any of the texts in this poll ?

I don't think it's really necessary to study philosophy before reading Camus, he's not that inaccessible. Maybe reading up a bit on Existentialism in general may help. For Camus the most important concept is the notion of the absurd.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absurdism

[Scheherazade]

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