The essential goal of this study is to expose the complex nature of the connections between Milan Kundera's theory and practice of literature and philosophy. Through a brief investigation of his essays and novels, this thesis attempts to demonstrate that Kundera maintains a relation of both proximity to and distance from certain of the "great" thinkers from the world of philosophy (Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger). This study's succinct examination of the evolution of contemporary philosophy allows a better grasp of the influence of philosophy on the structure and intentions of Kundera's work, while its reflections on the form of Kundera's interrogation caste in relief the degree to which Kundera's art moves beyond the strict limits of philosophical discourse and seizes upon the paradoxes of our existence and our epoch.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.21232 |
| Date | January 1999 |
| Creators | Lemmens, Kateri. |
| Contributors | Ricard, Francois (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | French |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Département de langue et littérature françaises.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001658180, proquestno: MQ50537, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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