CAROLINE SPOSITO SILVA

The present research works with the absurd in Albert Camus based mainly on his works The Myth of Sisyphus and The Stranger. The aim is to investigate this absurdism characteristic of the first phase of his writings, and, in addition, to elucidate the importance of the relationship between philosophy and art for Camus, given that his production is made in a literary-philosophical way, which makes it possible to understand more fully the absurd reality of the human condition. This absurdity arises from the moment the human being begins to question himself, creating a divorce from the irrational universe. Faced with such existential nausea, the aim is to clarify whether it leads to death or whether it is possible to overcome it. To this end, an analytical method is applied to extract all the consequences of the absurd. Through it, literal (of the physical body) and philosophical (of the ability to think) suicides are refused, and reestablishment occurs through revolt, freedom and passion. Thus, we start from an anguished conscience and, in the end, we reach the happiness achieved by the absurd hero (the rebel), the one who is capable of living without a tomorrow and without weaknesses