Kafka was not a trained philosopher, therefore not an acclaimed existentialist.
Jean-Paul Sartre considered him an existentialist and Albert Camus considered him an absurdist.
Kafka never wrote a long novel. This fact goes with his style.
Albert Camus was born on November 7, 1913 in Mondovi, Algeria and died January 4, 1960. He, like Kafka, also suffered from tuberculosis. He was communist and considered himself an absurdist even though many say that absurdism and existentialism go hand-in-hand. Camus was pacifist. He was married twice and had twin girls.
Camus is considered the originator of absurdism, which is related to existentialism. Absurdism contends that human beings are basically irrational and human suffering is the result of vain attempts by individuals to find reason or meaning in the absurd abyss of existence.
He claimed that the only true philosophical question was that of suicide: should we bother living at all or simply kill ourselves?
A common definition for existentialism is that there is no "higher" meaning to the universe or to man's existence, and no rational order to the events of the world.
Camus did not accept the existential label for The Stranger.
I really need to find evidence in the text. I think when his mother dies and when he dhoots the arab are good places to start. Any ideas?
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