«Je, » «Il, » and «Vous»: Narrator, Protagonist, and Narratee from «Jean Santeuil» to «A La Recherche» (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780820437033)

This study traces the development in Proust's portrayal of his narrator, major protagonist, and narratee from his early abandoned novel Jean Santeuil to A la recherche. It adopts a thematic approach and examines many of the published drafts from Proust's Cahiers, as well as the implications of some of the expansions he made to A la recherche in the later years of writing his novel. Focusing on the author's change from third-person narration in Jean Santeuil to first-person narration in A la recherche, the study gives new insights into Proust's compositional methods and sheds light on how his attitude toward his narrator, protagonist, and narratee evolved throughout his career as a writer.

Author: Tamara Alvarez-Detrell,Ian McCall
ISBN-10: 0820437034
ISBN-13: 9780820437033
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 08/01/1998
Pages: 261
Format: Hardcover