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 (15 videos)
This video explores the relationship between reading, longevity, and our sense of self. To do this it uses the famous incident from Proust’s “In Search of Lost Time” in which the narrator eats a madeleine (a French small cake/biscuit [the debate rages on!]) soaked in tea by his mother which transports him back in time by triggering memories of his childhood when his auntie used to do the same thing. Proust’s description of the madeleine is analysed closely alongside various paintings from Proust’s era (those of Eugène Galien-Laloue aka Jacques Liévin) these aspects are further considered in relation to insights that come from cognitive science. Taken all together, it is argued that both art and science combined can tell us fascinating things of how the act of reading helps to create longer living versions of who we think we are. Reading for Life-Long Health research article: @https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11303134/#:~:text=Perhaps most powerfully, a longitudinal,who didn't read books. ‘A Chapter A Day’ research article: @https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5105607/#S10 Emily Troscianko paper: @https://troscianko.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cognitive-realism-and-memory-in-prousts-madeleine-episode_troscianko-2013.pdf Yale Child Study Center Report: @https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED629424.pdf Robert Harris - Pompeii scanning experiment: @https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3868356/ #longevity #reading #proust