The Plague | Techniques
The Plague is written in the form of a journal, a dry, monotonous chronicle, intended to express the stifling atmosphere of the plague. Its author is anonymous until the end, although this aspect reminds one of the traditional nineteenth-century "omniscient narrator." Unlike The Stranger which bases all on sensations, this work relies on documentation and witnesses. The use of free indirect speech weakens the emotional veracity of the account. At all times, except for Tarrou's journal, perhaps the best writing in the book, the narration remains remote.
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