LITERATURE - Marcel Proust
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Published 2015-05-29
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All Comments (21)
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The Proustian moment concept reminds me of that moment in Pixar’s Ratatouille when the food critic takes a bite of food and is suddenly inspired to flashback to his childhood. When one considers the film’s French setting, that might even be deliberate.
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"We're awkwardly lonely pilgrims trying to give each other tusk kisses in the dark". Genius.
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The great thing about this novel is that it's so damn beautifully written and evocative, it automatically creates that feeling of 'being alive' he's talking about just by reading it. This is coming from someone who only read the first part, but it's on every page.
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The Curriculum just keeps getting better and better!
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"Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play." ― Friedrich Nietzsche
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"In Search of Lost Time" is a great work indeed. A masterpiece of world literature. I feel very lucky that it happened to be in my list of mandatory literature at university.
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I can now see how Proust had a profound influence on Virginia Woolf, one of my favorite writers, who wrote about ordinary moments and memories in an extraordinary way. In Mrs. Dalloway she wrote that moments like these are like buds on the tree of life. In To the Lighthouse she defines art as: making of these exquisite moments the thing that endures.
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such awesome lines: -There's no party where the perfect people are. -only successful candidate for the meaning of life: Art. -Opposite of Art.....Habit!! I like this guy!! This is great channel btw!! Great job!!
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What a lovely recap of Marcel ! I adore him. After reading him, you realize why he was so unique, so perfect, - he is capable of moving you with words, beyond measure :)
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please more LITERATURE curriculum
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Feels a lot like Hesse's novels, mostly The Glass Bead Game. I just love the turn of the 20th Century literature for it's romantic look towards life and the individual. It has so much optimism through the hero's shortcomings. It speaks of bleak moments and brief joys. I think in a rapid world it gives us space to feel connected to that journey within the span of a nostalgic cup of tea.
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Definitely will read it after i finish war and peace. It's going to be a long summer..
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LITERATURE & PHILOSOPHY are the best!
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Proust is by far my favourite author. In Search of Lost Time is my bible, i refer to it every time i feel down
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wow I am so uneducated
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Appreciate the quotidian - you will miss it so when you are ill....you will want just the simplest thing...a moment free of pain. Live simply, live on less money, stop chasing something "out there"...we all know if we have lived long enough there is no there there. Nice little summary of Proust.
