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
The selection of titles of selected high school reading offered in this way is threefold in its thematic focus, which is seen in Proust in the old world, in Sholokhov in the new life, and in Kafka in the unreliable sign of man.
Put k Swannu
The Journey to Swann is the first part of the monumental cycle "In Search of Lost Time" (À la recherche du temps perdu), published in 1913. The novel is structured in three parts and deals with the themes of memory, time, and love.
Sodoma i Gomora I-II
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
U Bjegunici protagonist saznaje da je Albertine nesretnim slučajem poginula i on u svom duhu obnavlja njihove susrete i život.
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.