Writing as Reading the Unreadable: A Reconsideration of the Medial Construction of Marcel Proust'sAla Recherche du temps perdu

Gender Studies im Dialog

“…»From the idea that the self is not given to us…« 259 »the illusions on which our perception is based« by opening up »an unexpected view of the object« (as well as of the reading subject; see Marcel Proust ;Horlacher 2002). By thus drawing »attention to the illusory nature of conventional modes of perception« (Iser 1966, 367), 20 literary texts generate acts of the imagination which involve ideation (Vorstellung) instead of perception (Wahrnehmung).…”