Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust (July 10, 1871 – November 18, 1922) was one of the most important French writers of the 20th century, best known for his monumental novel In Search of Lost Time (À la recherche du temps perdu), published in seven volumes between 1913 and 1927. Proust was born in Paris into a wealthy bourgeois family. He studied law and philosophy, but devoted himself to literature at an early age.
His early works include the essay collection Les Plaisirs et les Jours (1896), but it was not until Swann's World (1913), the first part of his epic, that he achieved significant literary recognition. The main theme of Proust's prose is the transience of time and memory, particularly evoked by the famous motif of the Madeleine cookie, which symbolizes sudden recollection.
Proust's style is characterized by long sentences, introspective analysis, and rich psychological insight. Despite health problems, he worked for almost a decade, locked in his cork-paneled room, to complete his life's work.
His influence on world literature is enormous – numerous authors, from Nabokov to Beckett, have cited Proust as a key inspiration.
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Combray
The book about Combray is an allegory of an entire novel, a repertoire of Proustian themes and motifs.
Jedna Swannova ljubav / Preobražaj / Čovjekova sudbina
Ovako ponuđen izbor naslova odabrane srednjoškolske lektire trostruk je po svom tematskom fokusu, što se kod Prusta vidi u starom svetu, kod Šolohova u novom životu, a kod Kafke u nepouzdanom znaku čoveka.
Put k Swannu
Put ka Svonu je prvi deo monumentalnog ciklusa „U potrazi za izgubljenim vremenom“ (A la recherche du temps perdu), objavljenog 1913. Roman je strukturisan u tri dela i bavi se temama sećanja, vremena i ljubavi.
Put k Swannu
‘Put k Swannu’ prvi je od sedam dijelova romanesknog ciklusa “U potrazi za izgubljenim vremenom”, francuskog književnika Marcela Prousta.
Sodoma i Gomora I-II
U Sodomi i Gomori protagonist do kraja razotkriva ravnodušnost i okrutnost aristokracije i spoznaje prazninu koju je ostavila smrt bake. Njegova veza s Albertine se obnavlja, no on sumnja da Albertine voli djevojke.
U sjeni procvalih djevojaka, sv. 1-2 (Zavičajna imena-zavičaj, oko gospođe Swann)
U traganju za izgubljenim vremenom 10: Zatočenica 2
Zatočenica je prikaz života s Albertine. Ljubav je jednostrana, ali protagonist nema snage za prekinuti taj odnos. Bergotte i Swann umiru, a on nakon svađe s Albertine primjećuje jedno jutro da je ona nestala.
U traganju za izgubljenim vremenom 11: Bjegunica
In Bjegunica, the protagonist learns that Albertine died in an accident and he recreates their meetings and life in his spirit.
U traganju za izgubljenim vremenom 13: Pronađeno vrijeme 2
After many years, the protagonist returns to Paris and meets faces from his youth. He becomes aware of the past and decides that the book he is going to write will be "a big cemetery" and "all his past life". Thus ends Found Time.