THE TIME OF MARCEL PROUST

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The writer in his childhood

In search of lost time tells the first-person story of a young man at the beginning of the 20th century who wants to dedicate himself to literature. As readers continue to see, It is not an easy text and its phrases, in some cases, half a page long, make reading an endurance exercise. This is possibly one of the two most characteristic features of Proust's work..

The other feature, which gives name to our article, It is the use of time that is made in the novel. So, throughout the seven volumes that make up the narrative, The temporal shots are continually interspersed to give more information about, not so much, the protagonist's life., but about his personality. Thanks to it, more space is given to the characters' inner experiences, that are equated to the external ones and that determine the direction that the action of the story will follow.

We will end this entry with the most representative passage of the work, in which the protagonist remembers his childhood through the taste of a cupcake dipped in tea. Using this combination of past and present, the author expresses the main character's desire to return to childhood. Behind this extract you can hear Proust himself affirm from his isolated mourning that time has passed., but the memories will always remain.

his unwavering faith in God and the numerous trips that brought him into contact with diverse cultures and to settle in Santa Eulària

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sources:

Watson, Peter. “Intellectual history of the 20th century”. Editorial Criticism. 2014.

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