Pandemics have adversely affected the lives of human beings throughout history. Particularly, outbreaks such as cholera, plague, yellow fever, HIV / AIDS, Spanish Flu, Sars and Ebola have killed millions of people to date. At the moment, the whole world is struggling with the Coronavirus epidemic, which has recently emerged in Wuhan, China, where more than 5.5 million people were infected with 350 thousand dead. Albert Camus' novel titled The Plague is among the prominent works regarding the pandemics and has been translated into many languages. Although this novel, written in the years of World War II, explains the effects of plague disease on the surface, the fiction in the novel evokes the concentration camps of Nazi Germany for the Poles and Jews, the torture of the French during the Algerian occupation. The author addresses the revolt of a person who is forced to live a ridiculous life in a ridiculous world on the axis of emotions such as despair, anxiety, and fear in the novel. This study aims to analyse how pandemics affect humans within the scope of COVID-19 based on the novel The Plague.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Creative Arts and Writing |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | July 31, 2020 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 |
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