Thesis
The 'Enveloppe Close': reading Minds in Proust's À La Recherche du Temps Perdu
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This thesis aims to provide a nuanced evaluation of the ‘theory of mind’ and mind-reading practice depicted in the Recherche, and to bring out the positive aspects offsetting the negatives that have come to dominate critical accounts of intersubjectivity in the novel. I explore the interaction between diegesis, narratorial commentary, and imagery to restore the balance which is lost when one focuses disproportionately upon the narrator’s despondent pronouncements. I set such prono...
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+ Yee, J
- Institution:
- University of Oxford
- Division:
- HUMS
- Department:
- Medieval & Modern Languages
- Sub department:
- French
- Oxford college:
- Christ Church
- Role:
- Supervisor
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- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Language:
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English
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- Deposit date:
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2025-06-20
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- Copyright holder:
- Simon Kerr
- Copyright date:
- 2025
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