Title: Expressivism
First published: 2000
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.
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation, Literature, Aesthetics, Proust, marcel, 1871-1922, Barthes, roland, 1915-1980
People: Marcel Proust (1871-1922), Roland Barthes
LC classification: PQ2631.R63 Z61388 2000