Introspection créatrice et comédie humaine. Proust, Balzac et Bergson
Considering Honoré de Balzac’s place in the works of Marcel Proust, this paper wishes to establish a stylistic comparison between the author of “The Human Comedy”, and that of “In Search of Lost Time” (also translated as “Remembrance of things past”). Proust’s novel is full of Balzac’s lessons, which, however, does not mean he will not try to surpass Balzac’s undertaking, in his own way. Through the philosopher Henri Bergson, especially with his book Laughter, will be explained the aesthetic difference between Balzac’s and Proust’s writings. Proust is taking up Balzac’s major realistic project, but refracting it in the creative introspection of his hero, making “In Search of Lost Time” an all-personal human comedy.
Proust, Marcel Bergson, Henri