Texte remanié de: Diss.--Literatur--München--Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, 1998. / Bibliogr. p. 297-311. Contient un résumé en français.

The thesis primarily engages with Proust and China from the following three aspects: the Chinese translations and retranslations of Proust’s A la recherche du temps perdu, contemporary mainland Chinese writers’ intertextual engagement with Proust, and the transcultural dialogue between Proust and the Franco-Chinese author, François Cheng. Part I Chapter I compares and contrasts different – integral and selective – Chinese translations of La Recherche, and explores their different emphases as well as negligence of Proustian themes, e.g. time and memory over anti-Semitism and homosexuality, due to the former’s strong resonance with Chinese philosophical and aesthetic traditions. The chapter is further substantiated by a close examination of various strategies employed to translate passages on sadomasochism and homosexuality in Proust’s work, which reflect changing discourses on and attitudes to the subjects in China. Chapter II focuses on the creative reception of Proust’s work in China. It explores how three mainland Chinese writers’ intertextual engagement with Proust is influenced by the first integral translation of La Recherche, and how they cite Proust partly to enhance the cultural prestige of their own works, while creating a horizon of expectations and a favourable climate of reception of Proust’s work in China. With a shift of focus to the Chinese diaspora in France, Part II explores Cheng’s French-language novel Le Dit de Tianyi as the author’s intellectual and artistic dialogue with Proust’s work. In addition to the intertextual relations, this part particularly examines Cheng’s conceptual and structural engagement with Proust’s novelistic conceptions of Bildungsroman and Künstlerroman, his approach to the fine arts, and finally his use of mythological motifs. Through the case of Proust, the thesis tries to gain a better understanding of the interaction between literatures and cultures, and particularly, the phenomena of cultural appropriation and dialogue in literature. More specifically, it demonstrates how the cultural heritages of China and the West can be re-negotiated, re-thought, and put into dialogue through the fictional and creative medium of literature.

This thesis explores the relationship between the early writings of Marcel Proust and the visual arts through a phenomenological approach drawing on Merleau-Ponty's theory of perception. Proust's juvenilia are studied in four chapters with regard to respectively four genres of painting: genre scenes and still lives, in particular by Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Chardin; garden scenes and landscapes of the botanical world as depicted in Ruskin, Monet, and the Pre-Raphaelites; seascapes and atmosphere depiction in Turner, Monet, and Whistler; portrait paintings by Rembrandt, Van Dyck, and Blanche. The thesis does not aim to trace any direct influences of these painters on Proust, but, rather seeks to identify aesthetic commonalities between Proust and these artists, with an emphasis on their similar visions and ways of perception. It will pay particular attention to the aspects of colour and light, as well as space and time, making use of the Merleau-Pontian theory that underlines a participatory mode of perception where the body integrated with the world occupies a pivotal position. The thesis addresses the uniqueness of the young Proust's vision as an apprentice stage, which allows us to identify early aesthetic tendencies that will be developed in À la recherche du temps perdu.

Doctorat en philosophie et lettres / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Deux écrivains contemporains, l'un francais, l'autre russe soviétique, ont ressenti vivement le passage inexorable du temps. Ils se sont mis à cueillir les souvenirs et les impressions de l'enfance afin de recréer le "paradis de l'enfance" et ainsi figer la vie passagère et retrouver "le temps perdu". Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922), auteur français du magnifique roman A la Recherche du temps perdu, et Ossip Emilievich Mandel'shtam (1891 - 1938), auteur russe du chef-d'oeuvre Shum Vremeni (Le Bruit du temps), se sont voués, chacun de son côté, à mettre à jour leurs premières sensations et impressions. Dans ces deux oeuvres plus ou moins autobiographiques, le Temps se montre comme personnage principal. Chez tous les deux écrivains nous trouvons un culte passionné des valeurs intellectuelles, une sensibilité développée à l'extrême, un sens du passé et une préoccupation soucieuse de sa conservation. L'objet de cette thèse est, premièrement, de faire plusieurs analogies entre les ambiances familiales et intellectuelles des deux écrivains, entre leurs caractères également sensibles et impressionnables, et entre leurs sentiments et idées philosophiques et psychologiques. On peut faire une analyse détaillée des techniques individuelles qui ont joué un rôle si important dans l'oeuvre de chacun, et, ensuite, rapprocher les méthodes employées pour réaliser leurs tentatives surhumaines, c'est-à-dire, les façons dont chacun a réussi à retrouver le temps perdu. La recherche du réel chez Mandel'shtam, comme chez Proust, commence avec les souvenirs d'enfance, ainsi qu'avee les premières impressions mystérieuses. Tandis que Proust affirme à tout instant la prédominance de la perception affective en cherchant un rapport mystique avec l'Absolu, Mandel'shtam affirme la suprématie de l'élément logique et concret dans l'oeuvre. C'est la capacité de Mandel'shtam, selon M. Gleb Struve, de contenir le général dans le concret qui donne la valeur particulière a son impression du "temps perdu". L'ouvrage de Mandel'shtam, comme celui de Proust, montre un sens historique et un sentiment vif du temps vécu. Leurs oeuvres géniales incarnent leur visions personnelles de la vie temporelle et la vie extra-temporelle. En s'élevant au-dessus du temps, Proust et Mandel'shtam ont pénétré1 le mystère de l'éternel—ils sont arrivés à l'essence de la vie. Tous deux ont réussi définitivement à conjurer et, ensuite, enserrer à jamais dans les toiles fines de leurs oeuvres le Temps élusif et passager. / Arts, Faculty of / English, Department of / Graduate

The general theme of this thesis is Paternity and the Search for Knowledge in the works of James Joyce and Marcel Proust, specifically, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, and A la Recherche du Temps Perdu. Two main sets of characters are compared in the novels; the young artists, or would-be artists, Stephen and Marcel, and the older, experienced men-of-the-world who become their mentors, Bloom and Swann. Both young artists must overcome a fear of the physical world which tends to make them ineffectual dreamers, self-romanticizers. Stephen has been taught to deny the physical side of his nature by family and society. Marcel's fear of suffering and overdependence on others also has its origin in his family life. Neither young poet can create until he has been immersed in the physical experience of life, and has attained that knowledge of good and evil in himself and others which is the goal of his quest. Bloom and Swann are ‘father-figures’ in two senses; they 'educate' the young lads by initiating them into life, and they are themselves very much involved in the cycles of physical creation. Their roles are discussed in the light of various mythologies; specifically; Classical, Medieval, and Jewish. An intensive study of flower imagery in the three novels helps to elucidate further their roles as 'Earth-Fathers.' / Arts, Faculty of / English, Department of / Graduate

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<p>What role does the body play in Marcel Proust's A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu? Concentrating particularly on Combray and Un Amour de Swann, the following study traces Proust's transformation of the physical body by metaphor. Because the presentation of the body is a barometer indicating both a character's conscious and subconscious thought, critical interpretation of the body is a vital part of understanding Proustian desire. In "chapter one" on the metaphors of bodily processes, the narrator's desire is discussed. Swann's love for Odette is the focus of "chapter two" on the body of desire. Finally, "chapter three" which deals with the body as "sign" in the social world, describes the problems which accompany the interpretation of the body in the text.What role does the body play in Marcel Proust's A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu? Concentrating particularly on Combray and Un Amour de Swann, the following study traces Proust's transformation of the physical body by metaphor. Because the presentation of the body is a barometer indicating both a character's conscious and subconscious thought, critical interpretation of the body is a vital part of understanding Proustian desire. In "chapter one" on the metaphors of bodily processes, the narrator's desire is discussed. Swann's love for Odette is the focus of "chapter two" on the body of desire. Finally, "chapter three" which deals with the body as "sign" in the social world, describes the problems which accompany the interpretation of the body in the text.</p> / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)

This dissertation investigates Marcel Proust's observation and depiction of performative discourses and identity in A la Recherche du Temps Perdu. The first-person and semi-omniscient narrator's transgression of traditional narrative practices provides him with the unique perspective of both an actor and a spectator in the public and private performances that structure the creation and perception of identity. Accordingly, this analysis explores the methodical confinement of identity to orthodox systems of categorization and considers how these rigid systems affect social, psychological, and sexual economies. I argue that Proust's unique narratological approach and stylistic techniques allow him to expose the conventional codes that define identity as he simultaneously undermines them, thereby proposing new, creative ways for understanding the concept of identity. Chapters 1 and 2 explore the narrator's introspective look at the evolution of his own individuality in relationship to his surroundings and other characters. In chapter 3, the focus shifts from the analysis of the narrator to a consideration of his mise en scène of several similar homoerotic encounters that, when viewed as a whole, combine to form a queer and innovative discourse on sexuality. Chapters 4 and 5 study the construction of social image through the narrator's portrayal of interaction in and among different economic classes in society. The study concludes with a discussion of the aesthetics of performance art as it is compared and contrasted to performative behavior in Proust's novel. My work contributes to the ongoing inquiry into human behavior and identity formation as portrayed in A la Recherche. Looking beyond conventional notions of identity, I resist the temptation to classify characters in specific categories and focus instead on the narrator's representation of identity as a fluid, circumstantial exchange. Combining performativity theory, queer and gender studies, and narratology allows for an original analysis of the narrator's interpretation of the various factors that influence characters' perception of their own identity as well as others'. On a larger scale, my dissertation advances the scholarship on performative discourses and identity insofar as it brings to light one author's revelation, subversion, and replacement of traditional practices of discerning identity.