Description
Exploring the essence of aesthetic experiences in the work of French modernist Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time has posed a challenge for researchers and, above all, for readers for a hundred years, as its extreme length often presents an insurmountable obstacle. Like other modernist writers (T. Mann, V. Woolf, R. Musil), Proust examines a different conception of human experience in his novel than his predecessors. These realities capture his attention and steal his consciousness, which is swept away in the search for the essence of experienced reality. Václav Maxmilián analyzes Proust's magnum opus in relation to questions of general aesthetics. The author's focus is primarily on those pauses and experiences when the narrator attempts to reflect on his life experience through aesthetic perceptions. The book aims not only to help the reader become acquainted with Proust's vast and complex novel but also to serve as an introduction to aesthetics as a general theory of perception.
Information
Author: Maxmilián Václav
Language: Czech
Publication date: December 13, 2021
Manufacturer: Host - vydavatelství, s. r. o.
Genres: Specialized and technical literature, Books
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 216
ISBN/EAN: 9788027508099