L’écriture du bonheur dans le roman contemporain

L’écriture du bonheur dans le roman contemporain
Title L’écriture du bonheur dans le roman contemporain PDF eBook
Author Ruth Amar
Publisher Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Pages 260
Release 2011-01-18
Genre Literary Criticism
ISBN 1443828114

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Through the ages, the pursuit of Happiness has been at the heart of the needs and desires each individual would seek to fulfill, while as a concept, Happiness has always resonated strongly in poetic as well as philosophical, sociological and psychological contexts. But what about Happiness today, in a world dominated by technology, driven by productivity and dictated by efficiency? Does Happiness still feature in contemporary fiction in any significant way? Or has it perhaps gone underground, adopting different guises? Would we still call that “duty of happiness” that Pascal Bruckner saw as “present at the second half of the twentieth century” a relevant force today? Or has it waned perceptibly? The articles brought together in this volume seek to work out answers to these and similar questions, creatively addressing the imminent risks but also eagerly following up the intriguing possibilities one encounters when interrogating Happiness in the contemporary novel. Originally based on an international conference organized at the University of Haifa, Israel, in May 2010, the volume is structured around the axes we found useful as a basis for the various approaches towards Happiness in Europe and the historical and social events that influenced the writing of Happiness as they defined the 20th century and have impacted on the 21st: the Holocaust, the Soviet dystopia, consumerism, postmodernism, “everyday life,” the various as yet unarticulated new modes of life they have given rise to, and so on. A new writing of happiness then? At the very least this volume targets the contemporary novel without wanting to solidify works, instead taking into account the fluctuations Happiness has been subjected to, and the diversity and especially the paradoxes it has created, while we have been keen to preserve a “precise” reading of the texts and have felt compelled to respect and preserve the particular features that make the writings of the authors we focus on stand out. Thème philosophique aussi bien que poétique, sociologique et psychologique, le bonheur s’édifie à la mesure de chacun. « N’est-il pas vrai que, nous autres hommes, nous désirons tous être heureux ? » (Platon). Or dans notre monde actuel dominé par la technique, la recherche à outrance du productif et de l’efficacité, qu’en est-il du bonheur ? Est-il encore présent aux écritures romanesques contemporaines ? Sous quelles formes se présenterait sa recherche ? Ce « devoir de bonheur propre à la deuxième moitié du XXe siècle » dont parle Pascal Bruckner, continue-t-il toujours à être d’actualité ? S’est-il renforcé ou, au contraire, s’est-il affaibli? Le projet d’un questionnement du bonheur dans le roman contemporain comportait de gros risques, mais il offrait en même temps des possibilités stimulantes. A la suite du colloque international organisé à l’université de Haïfa en mai 2010, les textes réunis dans ce livre, cherchent à élaborer des éléments de réponse à ces questions. Le volume offre un état des lieux du bonheur dans le roman depuis 1980 et présente une large diversité d’approches, de définitions, d’interrogations sur l’écriture du bonheur sur trois décennies. Le recueil s’articule autour d’axes qui ont servi de base aux différentes approches du bonheur en Europe et d’événements historiques et sociaux qui ont pu influencer l’écriture du bonheur aux différentes périodes du XXe et XXe siècles, telles que l’Holocauste, la dystopie en Russie, le postmodernisme et le consumérisme, le quotidien, les différents paradoxes du bonheur, les nouveaux modes de vie. Nouvelle écriture du bonheur? Du moins, ce volume vise-t-il le contemporain sans figer les œuvres, tout en tenant compte des fluctuations du sujet, de sa diversité, de ses paradoxes surtout, tout en conservant la lecture précise des textes et en respectant la particularité de l’écriture des auteurs traités.

Catalogue of the Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents Formed ... by Alfred Morrison ...: Collection ... formed ... 1882-1893: A-D. 1893-96, 3 v

Catalogue of the Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents Formed ... by Alfred Morrison ...: Collection ... formed ... 1882-1893: A-D. 1893-96, 3 v
Title Catalogue of the Collection of Autograph Letters and Historical Documents Formed ... by Alfred Morrison ...: Collection ... formed ... 1882-1893: A-D. 1893-96, 3 v PDF eBook
Author Alfred Morrison
Publisher
Pages 332
Release 1896
Genre Authors, English
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The Vocal Library

The Vocal Library
Title The Vocal Library PDF eBook
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Pages 730
Release 1800
Genre Ballads, English
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The Gendered Lyric

The Gendered Lyric
Title The Gendered Lyric PDF eBook
Author Gretchen Schultz
Publisher Purdue University Press
Pages 354
Release 1999
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9781557531353

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The Gendered Lyric portrays gender as being central to the full appreciation of nineteenth-century French poetry. Schultz contends that both male and female poets of the major movements relied on sexual difference to define their poetic.

The Cid

The Cid
Title The Cid PDF eBook
Author Jules Massenet
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Pages 40
Release 1895
Genre Operas
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Helena de La Seiglière

Helena de La Seiglière
Title Helena de La Seiglière PDF eBook
Author Jules Sandeau
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Pages 68
Release 1888
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