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Camus' The Stranger and Existentialism
Camus' The Stranger and Existentialism
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- Is it more important to follow society's rules or your own beliefs?
- Is their inherent meaning in life?
- How can we avoid living in "bad faith"?
Slides connecting Sartre's concept of "bad faith" to students' lives, showing pneumonic device to guide students in finding existential elements in the text for their final essay. (Links to Lesson Plan and to Student Worksheet)
Graphic organizer for important textual details during the trial of Meursault
Slides for modeling character mapping with prior knowledge. The students read The Catcher in the Rye the previous year (left slide). Character maps use descriptions and quotes from text to infer deeper character relationships.
To view video footage of the students' mock "Trial of Meursault" where students all prepare and play characters from The Stranger or jobs of a courthouse including prosecution, defense, reporters, media, and jury, please contact me directly.
Check out the student beat writer's twitter account, @strangertrial, for an account of the trial!
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