Swann's Way
{{Swann's Way}}
Basic Info
- Author: Marcel Proust
- Year: 1913
- Type: #primary2
Summary (brief)
-The story is told through the narrator's memories. It's about how memories are tied to certain physical feelings.
It’s about how none of us can be said to constitute a material whole. Our social personality is the creation of the thoughts of other people. We pack the physical outline of the person we see with all the notions we have already formed about them. Swann is actually such a pick-me in this.
Major Themes
Key Passages / Quotes
-**It’s about how none of us are whole.
We are the creation of the thoughts of other people
Quote 1
quote:: “I am no bird.”
page:: 197
themes:: freedom, identity
Genre Notes
Characters / Concepts (if relevant)
-Marcel (narrator/child) observer, others could call hypersensitive; memory-driven; longing
Charles Swann: cultured, refined man, a little snooty, obsessed with Odette even though its degrading; such a pick-me. Looks through her windows. Feminine character.
Francoise: family servant; grounded in routine
Theory Connections
Related Texts
My Argument / Interpretation
-None of us are whole, we are the creation of the thoughts of other people. The patriarchy = thinks women are monstrous = women become monstrous.
Dissertation Relevance
How could this matter to my project?