This thesis explores foreigner phenomenon in the following selected works: Ferenc Karinthy: Metropolis (1970), Rachid Boudjedra: Ideal Topography For a Characterised Agression (1975), Dumitru Ţepeneag: Hotel Europa (1996), and Kamel Daoud: The Meursault Investigation (2013). The first chapter focuses on the dystopian and geographically unspecified representation of the said phenomenon. The second chapter moves towards a more specific approach to the subject, examining the Algeria-France relations. The third part specifies the theme of homecoming, specifically the case of an exiled Romanian writer, contrasting with the Romanian post-revolutionary exodus to the Western Europe. The fourth part examines the literary polemic with the main character in Albert Camus's The Stranger (1942), in connection with the post-colonial situation in Algeria. All analyses focus primarily on the national and linguistic aspects.
