《局外人》是加缪小说的成名作和代表作之一，堪称20世纪整个西方文坛最具有划时代意义最著名小说之一，"局外人"也由此成为整个西方文学-哲学中最经典的人物形象和最重要的关键词之一。(Albert Camus is famous for The Stranger, which is one of the classical works of Albert Camus and renowned as one of the most famous novels in the western literature in the 20 century with the most epoch-marking significance. The Stranger therefore becomes one of the most classical characters and most important key words in the Western literature and philosophy.)