Based on Thorstein Veblen's Theory of the Leisure Class, this thesis gives an interpretation of Marcel Proust's A la recherche du temps perdu. Published in 1899, the Theory proposes a sociological analysis of the economical and social American elite, from 1850 to 1900, a time of major capitalistic expansion in the United States. Veblen's concepts of leisure and conspicuous consumption allow us to demonstrate how each character in Proust's novel distinguishes itself in a context of social rivalry. Referring to Pierre Bourdieu's theory, various conspicuous social practices are analyzed according to the social milieu of La Recherche from which they originated. Therefore, Mme Verdurin's upper middle class perception of reality confronts the aristocratic ethic embodied by the duchesse de Guermantes. In the conclusion of the thesis, we acknowledge the predominant sociological aspect of La Recherche, which is however only one of the many underlying elements of Proust's technique of fiction.

El objetivo de este informe de seminario, será estudiar como se inserta la novela, “En Busca del Tiempo Perdido”, en el concierto del desarrollo de la novela como género y ver los ámbitos de influencia que ella tuvo para la novela futura.

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En prenant comme point de départ le récit biblique de la destruction des villes de la plaine, le narrateur adopte une voix d'historien, se fait exégète pour fabriquer un mythe d'origine: les descsendants de Sodome. L'allusion à la Genèse a longtemps égaré la critique, laquelle, s'attachant au thème de la culpabilité, n'a pas su voir que la théorie proustienne de l'homosexualité avait un sens plus profond. Cette thèse essaie de réexaminer le thème de la sexualité dans la Recherche et d'analyser le fonctionnement textuel de l'inversion qui est également une métaphore de la structure même de l'oeuvre. Le narrateur proustien décrit un monde dominé par l'incertitude et par l'instabilité où toute chose est susceptible de changer, de s'intervertir. Ainsi, à Gomorrhe, le mensonge tend vers la vérité, et la vérité vers le mensonge, et la situation du narrateur, perpétuellement obligé d'interpréter et de réinterpréter les mensonges d'Albertine, est en ce sens analogue à celle du lecteur du texte proustien - texte dont la signification est toujours fondamentalement et irréductiblement ambiguë. / Arts, Faculty of / French, Hispanic, and Italian Studies, Department of / Graduate

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A fortuna crítica de À la recherche du temps perdu sempre teve como um dos seus principais motes a relação da obra com outras artes, ou seja, uma construção estética baseada em uma relação de homologia estrutural com outros sistemas artísticos, dentre eles a música, a arquitetura, a própria literatura e a pintura. Essa construção faz com que a obra venha constantemente acompanhada do epíteto de museu imaginário. Especificamente, o nome do pintor holandês Johannes Ver Meer tem um lugar privilegiado na estética proustiana. Entretanto, nem todas as telas são mencionadas ao longo da narrativa. Somada a isso, a tessitura da escritura de Marcel Proust revela-se como um saber fortemente indiciário. Assim, a partir de índices que percorrem epístolas de Proust, textos críticos e a própria narrativa de À la recherche du temps perdu, esta tese cujo recorte de leitura é especificamente o episódio da lanterna mágica e seus desdobramentos defende que uma das telas de Ver Meer, a saber, A arte da pintura, é uma ausência epistêmica que, no entanto, faz-se presente, deixando inscritos na obra seus efeitos de significação. A fim de compreendermos essa presença-ausente, esta tese recorre ao conceito de letra, conforme o ensino de Jacques Lacan, os textos freudianos nos quais esse conceito estava em latência e os esclarecimentos e avanços feitos por Jacques Derrida, especificamente em seus textos da década de sessenta do século passado. Por efeitos de significação, concebe-se a ideia de que A arte da pintura realiza-se como uma ideia ausente, mas pungente no que tange aos efeitos estéticos de esmero do detalhe e dos processos descritivos, implicando uma relação de similitude entre o narrador em seu quarto, em lincipit de À la recherche du temps perdu e no episódio da lanterna mágica, e um artista em seu ateliê, presente na tela de Ver Meer, que incidirá em uma poética do detalhe. / The critical fortune of À la Recherche du Temps Perdu has always had, as one of its main threads, the relationship of work with other art forms, in other words, an aesthetic construction based on a relationship of structural homology with other Arts, including music, architecture, literature itself and painting. This ensures that the work is constantly accompanied by the epithet of the imaginary museum. Specifically, the name of the Dutch painter Johannes Ver Meer has a privileged place in the Proustian aesthetic. Nevertheless, not all canvases are mentioned during the narrative. Added to this, the tone of the Marcel Proust text reveals itself as a clear, evidentiary wisdom. Therefore, from indices that permeate the Proust missives, critical texts and the narrative of À la Recherche du Temps Perdu, this thesis, the scope of which is limited specifically to the episode of the Magic Lantern and its ramifications, argues that one of Ver Meers canvases, namely that of the Art of Painting, is epistemically absent, however it makes its presence felt through its effects of significance on the piece. In order to understand this absent-presence, this thesis uses the concept of the letter, according to the teachings of Jacques Lacan, Freudian texts in which this concept was latent, and in the clarifications and advances made by Jacques Derrida in his writings of the 1960s. For purpose of meaning, one has conceived the idea that The Art of Painting be like a missing yet poignant idea touching the aesthetic effects of minute detail and of the descriptive processes, implying an affinity in relationship between the narrator in his chamber, in l\'incipit of la Recherche du Temps Perdu and the episode of the Magic Lantern, and the artist in his studio, present on Ver Meers canvas, reflected in a poetic detail.

A fortuna crítica de À la recherche du temps perdu sempre teve como um dos seus principais motes a relação da obra com outras artes, ou seja, uma construção estética baseada em uma relação de homologia estrutural com outros sistemas artísticos, dentre eles a música, a arquitetura, a própria literatura e a pintura. Essa construção faz com que a obra venha constantemente acompanhada do epíteto de museu imaginário. Especificamente, o nome do pintor holandês Johannes Ver Meer tem um lugar privilegiado na estética proustiana. Entretanto, nem todas as telas são mencionadas ao longo da narrativa. Somada a isso, a tessitura da escritura de Marcel Proust revela-se como um saber fortemente indiciário. Assim, a partir de índices que percorrem epístolas de Proust, textos críticos e a própria narrativa de À la recherche du temps perdu, esta tese cujo recorte de leitura é especificamente o episódio da lanterna mágica e seus desdobramentos defende que uma das telas de Ver Meer, a saber, A arte da pintura, é uma ausência epistêmica que, no entanto, faz-se presente, deixando inscritos na obra seus efeitos de significação. A fim de compreendermos essa presença-ausente, esta tese recorre ao conceito de letra, conforme o ensino de Jacques Lacan, os textos freudianos nos quais esse conceito estava em latência e os esclarecimentos e avanços feitos por Jacques Derrida, especificamente em seus textos da década de sessenta do século passado. Por efeitos de significação, concebe-se a ideia de que A arte da pintura realiza-se como uma ideia ausente, mas pungente no que tange aos efeitos estéticos de esmero do detalhe e dos processos descritivos, implicando uma relação de similitude entre o narrador em seu quarto, em lincipit de À la recherche du temps perdu e no episódio da lanterna mágica, e um artista em seu ateliê, presente na tela de Ver Meer, que incidirá em uma poética do detalhe. / The critical fortune of À la Recherche du Temps Perdu has always had, as one of its main threads, the relationship of work with other art forms, in other words, an aesthetic construction based on a relationship of structural homology with other Arts, including music, architecture, literature itself and painting. This ensures that the work is constantly accompanied by the epithet of the imaginary museum. Specifically, the name of the Dutch painter Johannes Ver Meer has a privileged place in the Proustian aesthetic. Nevertheless, not all canvases are mentioned during the narrative. Added to this, the tone of the Marcel Proust text reveals itself as a clear, evidentiary wisdom. Therefore, from indices that permeate the Proust missives, critical texts and the narrative of À la Recherche du Temps Perdu, this thesis, the scope of which is limited specifically to the episode of the Magic Lantern and its ramifications, argues that one of Ver Meers canvases, namely that of the Art of Painting, is epistemically absent, however it makes its presence felt through its effects of significance on the piece. In order to understand this absent-presence, this thesis uses the concept of the letter, according to the teachings of Jacques Lacan, Freudian texts in which this concept was latent, and in the clarifications and advances made by Jacques Derrida in his writings of the 1960s. For purpose of meaning, one has conceived the idea that The Art of Painting be like a missing yet poignant idea touching the aesthetic effects of minute detail and of the descriptive processes, implying an affinity in relationship between the narrator in his chamber, in l\'incipit of la Recherche du Temps Perdu and the episode of the Magic Lantern, and the artist in his studio, present on Ver Meers canvas, reflected in a poetic detail.

La présente étude est destinée à l’éclaircissement de la représentation de l’affaire Dreyfus dans l’oeuvre de Proust, de Jean Santeuil à la Recherche du temps perdu. L’évolution du thème est étudiée à travers une analyse philologique et historique de cinq grands textes : Jean Santeuil (rédigé entre 1895 et 1899) ; « Sentiments filiaux d’un parricide » (1907) ; « ‘L’affaire Lemoine’ par Michelet » (1908) ; Sodome et Gomorrhe I ; le cycle d’Albertine (La Prisonnière et Albertine disparue). La première partie propose une étude critique des treize fragments de Jean Santeuil comportant des références explicites à l’affaire Dreyfus. La seconde partie décrit la transformation de la mémoire de celle-ci dans les écrits de 1907 à 1922, en établissant l’influence de Michelet sur la représentation de la victime dans « Sentiments filiaux d’un parricide » ; l’apparition du point de vue antisémite de l’Affaire et la constitution du parallélisme entre juifs et homosexuels dans « ‘L’affaire Lemoine’ par Michelet » ; l’achèvement du dreyfusisme proustien dans Sodome et Gomorrhe I ; la transposition critique des discours dreyfusards, antidreyfusards et antisémites dans le cycle d’Albertine ; l’influence de la Première Guerre mondiale (espionite, chasse aux traîtres, mobilisation des juifs) sur l’écriture de l’affaire Dreyfus dans la Recherche. L’examen chronologique et événementiel est complété par l’analyse de deux métaphores optiques employées pour décrire les juifs à l’époque de l’Union sacrée sous l’angle de l’histoire juive de longue durée : le kaléidoscope social et les rayons X. / This study proposes to clarify the representation of the Dreyfus affair in the works of Proust, from Jean Santeuil to À la recherche du temps perdu. The evolution of the theme is studied through a philological and historical examination of five important writings: Jean Santeuil (written between 1895 and 1899), « Sentiments filiaux d’un parricide » (1907), « ‘L’affaire Lemoine’ par Michelet » (1908), Sodome et Gomorrhe I and the Albertine cycle (La Prisonnière and Albertine disparue). The first part is a critical study of thirteen fragments of Jean Santeuil containing explicit references to the Dreyfus affair. The second part describes the transformation of the memory of the Affair in the writings composed between 1907 and 1922, demonstrating Michelet’s influence on the representation of the victim in « Sentiments filiaux d’un parricide », the appearance of the anti-Semitic interpretation of the Affair and the constitution of a parallelism between Jews and homosexuals in « ‘L’affaire Lemoine’ par Michelet », the achievement of Proust’s Dreyfusism in Sodome et Gomorrhe I, the critical transposition of Dreyfusard, anti-Dreyfusard and anti-Semitic discourses in the Albertine cycle, the influence of the World War I (spy paranoia, traitor hunts, mobilization of the Jews) on the description of the Dreyfus Affair in the Recherche. The chronological and factual examination is completed by the analysis of two optical metaphors used to describe the Jews in France at the time of the ‘Union sacrée’ from the perspective of long-term Jewish history: the social kaleidoscope and the X-rays.

Le Cahier 46 de Marcel Proust est un cahier particulièrement important dans la genèse du roman proustien. Écrit principalement dans les années 1914 et 1915, il est un cahier de transition entre le roman d’avant-guerre et le roman tel qu’il sera publié après la guerre. Cette étude du Cahier 46 [volume I] qui s’appuie sur une transcription diplomatique intégrale du Cahier [volume II] est à la fois génétique et littéraire. Elle entend montrer que ce cahier est au cœur des bouleversements du roman, le lieu de naissance de cette prolifération interne qui a fait d’un roman en trois volumes un roman fleuve, le lieu aussi où l’on assiste à la métamorphose d’Albertine. Non seulement elle occupe une place de plus en plus importante dans l’œuvre mais surtout elle change de nature. D’une fille dont le héros « s’amourache » [Cahier 13, folio 28 r°], elle devient un personnage au destin tragique, nœud d’une histoire sans cesse réécrite qui permet de relier les grands thèmes du roman - la mort, la culpabilité, Gomorrhe et l’homosexualité - et de relire les relations du héros avec les personnages de la mère et de la grand-mère. L’analyse génétique du Cahier 46, écrit dans ce moment de crise, permet de poser quelques grands principes et de proposer une analyse précise de la pratique du brouillon de Proust ainsi que de mettre en évidence la réorganisation du roman à partir de l’année 1913 qui signe l’apparition d’Albertine. Ces éléments conduisent à une interprétation littéraire de cette métamorphose du roman sous la pression du personnage : le passage d’un roman des filles à un roman d’Albertine. / The Cahier 46 of Marcel Proust is one of the key exercise books to understand the growth of A la recherche du temps perdu. Proust wrote this exercise book mainly between 1914 and 1915. As such, it makes the transition from the novel as it had been planned by Proust before the First World War to the novel as it has been actually published after the war. Our study is based on a complete transcription of this exercise book [volume II] and proposes a literary criticism of it [volume I]. More precisely, the aim of the thesis is to show this exercise book is one of the focal points of the deep framework changes in A la recherche du temps perdu during the war: the former three volumes of the novel become a large novel mainly because of the metamorphosis of Albertine’s character. Within Cahier 46, Albertine’s character takes a twofold feature. Firstly, this character becomes one of the main characters of the novel. Secondly, the role of Albertine dramatically changes. Cahier 46 makes it possible to understand how the story which was still before 1914 only the one of a boy who falls in love with a girl becomes the one of a tragic story of love, continuously written and rewritten by Proust: a story about death, suspicion, culpability, Gomorrah and homosexuality. First, this study presents general principles and precise analyses about how Proust wrote, that is to say Proust’s practice of manuscripts. It then shows how the introduction of Albertine’s character results in deep changes in the framework of the novel after 1913. Finally, all these elements allow us to focus on a literary interpretation of these metamorphoses.