The Stranger
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The Stranger is a landmark existential novel by Albert Camus that explores themes of absurdism, alienation, and the indifference of the universe through the detached perspective of its protagonist, Meursault.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Stranger canonical | 8 |
| L’Étranger | 1 |
| L’Étranger (French edition by Albert Camus) | 1 |
| The Stranger (novel) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2861070 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Stranger Context triple: [Albert Camus, notableWork, The Stranger]
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A.
the Stranger
The Stranger is a mysterious outsider whose arrival in a small village catalyzes the central moral and spiritual conflict in Paulo Coelho’s novel "The Devil and Miss Prym."
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B.
Night Dreamer
Night Dreamer is a landmark 1964 hard bop/post-bop jazz album by saxophonist Wayne Shorter, noted for its atmospheric compositions and influential role in shaping modern jazz.
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C.
The Outsider
"The Outsider" is a classic horror short story by H. P. Lovecraft that follows a lonely, isolated narrator’s grim discovery of his own monstrous nature.
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D.
The Outsider
The Outsider is a mysterious, god-like figure in the Dishonored series who grants supernatural powers to selected individuals and observes the consequences of their actions.
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E.
A Strange Boy
"A Strange Boy" is a song by Joni Mitchell from her 1976 album *Hejira*, noted for its introspective lyrics and jazz-influenced sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Stranger Target entity description: The Stranger is a landmark existential novel by Albert Camus that explores themes of absurdism, alienation, and the indifference of the universe through the detached perspective of its protagonist, Meursault.
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A.
the Stranger
The Stranger is a mysterious outsider whose arrival in a small village catalyzes the central moral and spiritual conflict in Paulo Coelho’s novel "The Devil and Miss Prym."
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B.
Night Dreamer
Night Dreamer is a landmark 1964 hard bop/post-bop jazz album by saxophonist Wayne Shorter, noted for its atmospheric compositions and influential role in shaping modern jazz.
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C.
The Outsider
"The Outsider" is a classic horror short story by H. P. Lovecraft that follows a lonely, isolated narrator’s grim discovery of his own monstrous nature.
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D.
The Outsider
The Outsider is a mysterious, god-like figure in the Dishonored series who grants supernatural powers to selected individuals and observes the consequences of their actions.
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E.
A Strange Boy
"A Strange Boy" is a song by Joni Mitchell from her 1976 album *Hejira*, noted for its introspective lyrics and jazz-influenced sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
existentialist novel
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novel ⓘ philosophical novel ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Luchino Visconti ⓘ |
| adaptedInto |
Lo straniero (1967 film)
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The Stranger (1967 film) ⓘ |
| author | Albert Camus ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
sun and heat
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trial and judgment ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticalReception | landmark of 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| genre |
absurdist fiction
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existentialist fiction ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Part One
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Part Two ⓘ |
| influenced |
existentialist literature
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postwar French literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | existentialism ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
detached narration
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sparse prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Meursault ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | chronological ⓘ |
| notableScene | killing of the Arab on the beach ⓘ |
| openingLine | Mother died today. Or, maybe, yesterday; I can’t be sure. ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
The Stranger
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
L’Étranger
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| philosophicalCurrent | absurdism ⓘ |
| philosophicalRelation | companion to The Myth of Sisyphus ⓘ |
| protagonistCharacterTrait |
emotional detachment
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indifference ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | clerk ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| publisher | Gallimard ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Algiers ⓘ |
| settingRegion | French Algeria ⓘ |
| theme |
absurdism
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alienation ⓘ colonialism ⓘ death ⓘ emotional detachment ⓘ indifference of the universe ⓘ justice ⓘ meaning of life ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| timeOfNarration | retrospective account from prison ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | interwar period ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: The Stranger Description of subject: The Stranger is a landmark existential novel by Albert Camus that explores themes of absurdism, alienation, and the indifference of the universe through the detached perspective of its protagonist, Meursault.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
L’Étranger (French edition by Albert Camus)
this entity surface form:
L’Étranger
this entity surface form:
The Stranger (novel)