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Le hors-sujet: Proust et la digression

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Proust est trop long. Tirant les conséquences logiques de cette constatation qui décourage de nombreux lecteurs potentiels, ce livre se propose de réduire la Recherche en supprimant les digressions. Un tel projet implique, comme préalable, de réfléchir sur la figure de la digression, injustement méconnue par la rhétorique. Toute une série de questions se posent alors, portant sur l'essence même de la littérature. Quand, par exemple, peut-on dire d'un texte qu'il est trop long? Existe-t-il des passages inutiles? Comment glisse-t-on d'une idée à l'autre? Et surtout, au point de rencontre entre la littérature et la psychanalyse - qui donnent à la notion de sujet une acception différente -, que signifie être hors sujet?

192 pages, Broché

First published January 10, 2013

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Pierre Bayard

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Pierre Bayard (born 1954) is a French author, professor of literature and connoisseur of psychology.

Bayard's recent book Comment parler des livres que l'on n'a pas lus?, or "How to talk about books you haven't read", is a bestseller in France and has received much critical attention in English language press.

A few of his books present revisionist readings of famous fictional mysteries. Not only does he argue that the real murderer is not the one that the author presents to us, but in addition these works suggest that the author subconsciously knew who the real culprit is. His 2008 book L'Affaire du Chien des Baskerville was published in English as Sherlock Holmes was Wrong: Re-opening the Case of the Hound of the Baskervilles. His earlier book Who Killed Roger Ackroyd? re-investigates Agatha Christie's The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. His book on Hamlet which argues that Claudius did not kill Hamlet's father remains untranslated into English.

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August 30, 2014
Wreed interessant, maar zelf wat lang en te psychanalytisch. Bayard stelt dat de lezer de tekst korter kan maken door vast te stellen wat autonome uitwijdingen zijn en die vervolgens als belangeujker dan de rest v de tekst te maken of weg te laten. De tekst is mobiel en de lezer bepaalt wat tot het onderwerp behoort en wat niet. Zo leest de lezer uiteindelijk zichzelf. Tussen dit bekende riedeltje v bayard door verheldert hij enkele passages zoals un amour de swann.
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