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Author(s): | Silva, F. V. da. |
Date: | 2024 |
Title: | From folklore to Proust: A quest across symbolic universes |
Journal title: | Humanities |
Volume: | 13 |
Number: | 5 |
Reference: | Silva, F. V. da. (2024). From folklore to Proust: A quest across symbolic universes. Humanities, 13(5), Article 118. https://doi.org/10.3390/h13050118 |
ISSN: | 2076-0787 |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | 10.3390/h13050118 |
Keywords: | Folklore Marcel Proust Allomotifs Metaphor Symbols Androgyne Initiation Coming of age Flower metaphors Homosexuality Snow White Sleeping Beauty Brothers Grimm |
Abstract: | This study explores the intersection of folklore and literature, specifically examining how a methodology developed for interpreting wondertales can be applied to a complex literary corpus, such as Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time). The discussion proposes a case study for the use of allomotifs, or interchangeable motifs, to understand symbolic patterns in Proust’s literary work. The paper lays bare a widespread metaphorical field in wondertales, then follows its complications in the Proustian corpus. It suggests that Proust’s œuvre, much like folklore, operates within a symbolic universe where binary oppositions, such as good and evil or male and female, are fluid and dynamic. The discussion shows that Proust’s literary imagination aligns surprisingly well with the workings of folklore. This hybrid space of the imagination challenges conventional distinctions between folklore and literature, and brings to mind Lévi-Strauss’ erstwhile ruminations on the pensée sauvage. |
Peerreviewed: | yes |
Access type: | Open Access |
Appears in Collections: | DA-RI - Artigos em revista internacional com arbitragem científica |
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