Narratology and Proust

Paper Summary:

This paper begins with an explanation of the narrative form in literature. The paper then goes on to discuss and analyze its use in fictional novels. In particular, it examines Proust's narrative style in his writings. Proust's application of the hermeneutic code, proairetic code, semantic code, symbolic code, cultural code, metaphor and metonymy, which are characteristic of the narrative form, are all discussed in this paper.

From the Paper:

"Perhaps the self-image that crept into the narrator's voice was inescapable given the circumstances under which Proust wrote. After the death of this mother in 1905 preceded by his father in 1903, he withdrew to a soundproof flat where he wrote in solitude until 1919. When presented with a questionnaire at a party game at an early age, Proust's answers were so telling to his internal workings that they were later published in Vanity Fair magazine. When asked what he regarded as his lowest depth of misery, he replied: "To be separated from mama." When asked where he would like to live, he replied: "In the country of the Ideal, or rather, of my ideal." Proust was thirteen years old when was asked these questions. His book may have been an attempt to better answer them."

More papers on Narratology and Proust:

• Analytical Essay # 58781 : "Reality and Illusion in Proust and Gide"
• Essay # 142434 : "Internal And External Design Validity Clinical Significance"
• Essay # 28292 : "Proust's "Swan's Way"

APA Citation:

MLA Citation: