Expressivism
Subtitle: the vicissitudes of a theory in the writing of Proust and Barthes
By: Johnnie Gratton.
Contributors: University of Oxford. European Humanities Research Centre.
Series: Research monographs in French studies -- 6
Publisher: Legenda; Routledge
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 123
Subjects: Proust, Marcel, -- 1871-1922 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Barthes, Roland -- Criticism and interpretation.; Literature -- Aesthetics.
Description: "Expressivism was the first European theory of art significantly to challenge the imitation theory rooted in Greek antiquity. Modern expressivism places the focus on the individual human subject as committed to finding 'les mots pour le dire', such that art becomes the most privileged means of self-realization." "In his survey of modern theories, Gratton reveals both the instability of the concept 'expressivism', and its continuing relevance in the contemporary world. In Proust, the movement of textualization radically unsettles the 'official' aesthetic programme of A la recherche du temps perdu, while in Barthes the move from a firmly anti-expressivist discourse to a more personalized writing manner unexpectedly allows a version of expressivism to gain a foothold in the postmodern context."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Published by the European Humanities Research Centre of the University of Oxford.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text in English with passages in French.