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MONOCLES IN "A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU" (PROUST, FRANCE)
Title
THE MONOCLES IN "A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU" (PROUST, FRANCE).
Creator
FEANNY, MARY JANE ELIZABETH., Florida Atlantic University, Hokenson, Jan W.
Abstract/Description
In A la Recherche du temps perdu, several characters including major figures wear a monocle, which seems to serve both concretely as an emblem of social status and symbolically as an indicator of limited vision. This study takes as its aim an examination of the social milieu in which the monocle is worn, with specific reference to the vision and moral condition of those who don the small glass disc.
Date Issued
1986
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14300
Subject Headings
Proust, Marcel,--1871-1922.--A la recherche du temps perdu., Clothing and dress in literature.
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Proust on theater: The fourth art in "A La Recherche du Temps Perdu"
Title
Proust on theater: The fourth art in "A La Recherche du Temps Perdu".
Creator
Schaller, Margaret P., Florida Atlantic University, Hokenson, Jan W.
Abstract/Description
Critical studies of the arts in Marcel Proust's La Recherche situate the text's many references to art works and artistic genius in a triadic structure of "the three arts": painting, music, and literature. Yet the theater and theatrical references reinforce many of the themes and signifying networks running throughout the text. Theater functions as an art form equivalent to Elstir's painting or Vinteuil's music, and Proust dramatizes in La Berma his crucial distinction between person and...
Show moreCritical studies of the arts in Marcel Proust's La Recherche situate the text's many references to art works and artistic genius in a triadic structure of "the three arts": painting, music, and literature. Yet the theater and theatrical references reinforce many of the themes and signifying networks running throughout the text. Theater functions as an art form equivalent to Elstir's painting or Vinteuil's music, and Proust dramatizes in La Berma his crucial distinction between person and artist. In the social aspects of the actress's life, Proust constructs resonant parallels with the societal and familial conduct of his characters and their interactions, just as the brilliant theatrical performances of classical French dramatic roles onstage by La Berma essentialize the "mecanismes de la vie sociale" in the fictive world outside the theater. In short, theater functions crucially and continuously at all levels of the text, from basic components of story to meta-levels of discourse.
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Date Issued
2003
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13015
Subject Headings
Proust, Marcel,--1871-1922--Criticism and interpretation, Proust, Marcel,--1871-1922--A la recherche du temps perdu, Theater in literature, Arts in literature
Format
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FRANCOISE AND HER LANGUAGE IN "A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU"
Title
FRANCOISE AND HER LANGUAGE IN "A LA RECHERCHE DU TEMPS PERDU".
Creator
PAJAUJIS, SONIA BISI., Florida Atlantic University, Hokenson, Jan W.
Abstract/Description
Each character in La Recherche du temps perdu speaks a distinct idiolect. Only the language of Fransoise has complex characterological and symbolic functions. Fransoise's language serves three consistent purposes: First, it represents the speech of the peasantry or a whole social class. Second, as exclusively spoken French, it embodies the long rich history of the French language since the Middle Ages, constituting indeed a living palimpsest of the language. Third, as palimpsest, it verbally...
Show moreEach character in La Recherche du temps perdu speaks a distinct idiolect. Only the language of Fransoise has complex characterological and symbolic functions. Fransoise's language serves three consistent purposes: First, it represents the speech of the peasantry or a whole social class. Second, as exclusively spoken French, it embodies the long rich history of the French language since the Middle Ages, constituting indeed a living palimpsest of the language. Third, as palimpsest, it verbally situates the character Fransoise as creative counterpart to the narrating artist Marcel. Fransoise is the French language through history: she is the "genie linguistique a l'etat vivant."
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Date Issued
1985
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14232
Subject Headings
Proust, Marcel,--1871-1922--A la recherche du temps perdu, Dialect literature, French--History and criticism, French language--Dialects
Format
Document (PDF)