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Journal

2010 | 2010, nr 2 (15) | 51-66

Article title

Malarskość powieści "Brzegi Syrtów" Juliena Gracqa

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Title variants

Pictorial Associations of the Novel "The Opposing Shore" by Julien Gracq

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Abstracts

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Julien Gracq (born Louis Poirier, 1910–2007) was an author of, among others, Au château Argol (1938), Un Beau Ténébreux (1945), Un balcon en forêt (1958), as well as volumes of essays Lettrines (1967–1974) and En lisant, en écrivant (1981). Literary fame brought him, published in 1951, The Opposing Shore (Le Rivage des Syrtes) together with the refusal of accepting the Prix Goncourt for this novel. The work of the French writer comprises of multileveled study of the passing world, the country, which is about to fall and it is a palimpsest of historical, literary and artistic threads. According to French researchers – Bernhild Boie and Bernard Vouilloux – evoking pictorial motifs, drawing inspiration from historical paintings, different painting genres and elements of art history makes the Gracq’s novel the example of “a work in progress”, in which the author creates suggestive, interweaving pictures. The writer employed rich descriptions, imaginative ekphrasis, variety of painting genres and created his own visions of space, scenery for the protagonists bringing about chosen painting’s conventions. The echoes of the works of the XVI century Venetian painters seem to be important in The Opposing Shore as well as the works of J.M.W. Turner, German Romanticists, Pre-Raphaelites and symbolists. Pictorial associations of the novel are also linked to its specific atmosphere of impression, insinuation and mystery

Journal

Year

Pages

51-66

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Dates

published
2010-10

Contributors

  • Uniwersytet Wrocławski, plac Uniwersytecki 1, 50-137 Wrocław

References

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Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

ISSN
1731-3317

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.desklight-a0319e05-62cd-4711-839e-e55243b72d0e
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