Abstract :
This research is entitled ?Meursault?s Desire in the Novel The Stranger: A Lacan Study?. The purpose of this research is to analyze the desires of the main character in the novel The Stranger by Albert Camus using the desire theory by Jacques Lacan. The method used in this research is a qualitative research method using library research to collect data in the form of words, phrases, sentences, dialogue, and so on. Researchers use the three concepts of desire theory by Jacques Lacan (1953) to analyze the main character?s desires in terms of Imaginary, Symbolic and Real order. The results of this research concluded that the Imaginary stage was not found because there were no characters in the novel who told about their lives as children. However, in this novel you can find the Symbolic and Real order that inhabit in Meursault?s personality. So, the desire that he has and is represented in his personality and habits, namely to live as he wishes, even though it is contrary to existing norms, makes him a Subject as emptiness as stated in Lacan?s theory.