The ethics of mourning in the narration of the self in the works of Marcel Proust and Andrei Tarkovsky

Thesis

This thesis gives a new reading of the works of Marcel Proust and Andrei Tarkovsky. First, this intention originates in the apparent oversight in Proustian studies with regard to the ethical dimension of A la recherche du temps perdu: the narrator's relationship with the other is predominantly given a psychoanalytic interpretation. Second, the research is driven by the misrepresentation of Tarkovsky's philosophy that is reflected in the emphasis often placed on the religious aspec...

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Authors: Artemenko, I

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford