International Journal of Contemporary Research In Multidisciplinary, 2026;5(2):1089-1091
Suffering and Survival: A Comparative Study of Ernest Hemingway and Albert Camus’ Absurd Philosophy
Author Name: Madhu Gupta; Dr. Savita Ahuja;
Abstract
Twentieth-century literature is characterised by an intense feeling of crisis, disillusionment and fragmentation. Among the writers who powerfully responded to this condition are Albert Camus and Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway, in realistic stories of war and personal loss, offers a version of human suffering; Camus offers a philosophical version of the same condition, the absurd. This paper provides a comparative study of suffering and survival in their works, concentrating on the fiction of Hemingway and Camus’ philosophical framework in The Myth of Sisyphus. It claims that both writers recognize the absurdity of life, but they react to absurdity differently in tone and method: Hemingway's attitude is one of silent endurance, Camus's attitude is one of conscious acceptance and rebellion. Both ultimately present a vision of human dignity not founded on victory, but on the courage to continue in a world without certainty.
Keywords
Ernest Hemingway; Albert Camus; Suffering; Survival; Absurdism; Absurd Philosophy; Existentialism; Human Condition; Rebellion; Endurance.