Ever been curious about all the fuss surrounding Proust's gargantuan novel? This is a weekly livestream series designed to make it as accessible as possible. It provides a close analysis of Proust's "In Search of Lost Time" discussing what makes it such a special piece of literature, how ahead of its time it was in terms of its psychological insight, and how reading it can provide great "textual healing" for the stresses of everyday life. #Proust #bookclub #literaryanalysis
Curated by: Readers of the Lost Art (18 videos)
Paul and Stuart continue their leisurely discussion of Proust's masterpiece - "Remembrance of Things Past"/"In Search of Lost Time" by using the French thinker, René Girard, and his theory of "mimetic desire" to illustrate some of the hidden layers in Proust's work. We continue the last episode's discussion of Girard's book "Deceit, Desire, and the Novel" - specifically, Chapter IX, "The World's of Proust" We show how Girard's notion that our desires are formed by other people in society rather than being innate within us can be understood through the contrast between Marcel's childhood experience described in the section of Proust's novel entitled "Combray" and the vicious backstabbing atmosphere in the Salon of Mme Verdurin in the section "Swann in Love". #proust #swann #girard #remembranceofthingspast