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
Die so angebotene Titelauswahl ausgewählter Schulliteratur weist einen dreifachen thematischen Schwerpunkt auf: Bei Proust liegt dies in der Alten Welt, bei Scholochow im Neuen Leben und bei Kafka im Unzuverlässigen Zeichen des Menschen.
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
Der Gefangene ist eine Darstellung des Lebens in der Albertina. Die Liebe ist einseitig, aber der Protagonist hat nicht die Kraft, die Beziehung zu beenden. Bergotte und Swann sterben, und nach einem Streit mit Albertine bemerkt er eines Morgens, dass sie
U traganju za izgubljenim vremenom 11: Bjegunica
In Bjegunica erfährt der Protagonist, dass Albertine bei einem Unfall ums Leben gekommen ist, und er stellt ihre Begegnungen und ihr Leben in seinem Geist nach.
U traganju za izgubljenim vremenom 13: Pronađeno vrijeme 2
Nakon mnogo godina protagonist se vraća u Pariz i susreće lica iz svoje mladosti. Postane svjestan proteklog vremena i odlučuje da će knjiga koju će napisati biti "veliko groblje" i "sav njegov protekli život". Tako završava Pronađeno vrijeme.