Unity through diversity and transformation in A la Recherche: A Study of Proust through the lens of Catherine Malabou

《追忆似水年华：通过凯瑟琳·马拉布的镜头对普鲁斯特的研究》中通过多样性和变革实现统一

• 批准号: 2733024
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Oxford
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2733024
• 关键词: Unity; through; diversity; transformation; la

My research project makes use of the writings of Catherine Malabou as a means for re-engaging with Proust's work. It is primarily an intervention within the context of Proustian studies. Recent critics such as Bower (2000) and Prendergast (2013) have argued that we can no longer read Proust's novel as attempting to advance a unified philosophical position. Meanwhile, Derridean-inspired critics, such as Rushworth (2016) or Elsner (2017) have shown in what ways Proust's work can speak to a diversity of other texts and persons. Although this celebration of Proust's diversity has indeed been warranted, recent critical endeavours now confront us with a pressing question: in what ways, after we have understood Proust's novel in its radical multiplicity, can we account for the unity that one still feels present in the Recherche? Malabou has, in her words, attempted to lay the theoretical groundwork for a 'metamorphosis of reconstructive reading[s]' (2010). She has employed her key concept of 'plasticity' in order to explain the 'originate unity' (2011, p. 175) of a work through the very diversity that deconstruction has uncovered. My application of her thought to Proust could answer the question outlined above, but it could also have wide ramifications for how critics think of the relation between 'unity' and 'diversity' in literary works in general. It would also engage with 'genetic' criticism and translation studies. In the research, I would intend to focus on Proust's early works, particularly Jean Santeuil (1896-1900) in order to understand the genesis of the form of the Recherche. I will also engage closely with Malabou and contemporary French philosophy to create or discover new, post-Derridean concepts of 'unity,' 'diversity', and 'form'.

我的研究项目利用凯瑟琳·马拉布（Catherine Malabou）的著作作为重新参与普鲁斯特（Proust）作品的手段。它主要是在普鲁斯特研究的背景下进行的干预。鲍尔（Bower，2000）和普伦德加斯特（Prendergast，2013）等最近的批评家认为，我们不能再读普鲁斯特的小说是试图提高统一的哲学立场。同时，拉什沃思（Rushworth，2016）或埃尔斯纳（Elsner，2017年）等诸如德里迪人启发的批评家已经展示了普鲁斯特的作品如何与其他各种各样的文本和人说话。尽管对普鲁斯特多样性的这种庆祝确实得到了保证，但最近的批判努力现在面临着一个紧迫的问题：在我们以什么方式理解普鲁斯特的小说以其根本的多重性之后，我们能否说明人们仍然在recherche中感到统一？用她的话说，马拉布（Malabou）试图为“重建性读数的变形[S]”（2010）奠定理论基础。她采用了“可塑性”的关键概念，以通过解构所发现的多样性来解释作品的“起源统一”（2011年，第175页）。我对她在普鲁斯特（Proust）的应用可以回答上面概述的问题，但它也可能对批评者如何看待一般文学作品中的“统一”和“多样性”之间的关系有很大的影响。它还将参与“遗传”批评和翻译研究。在研究中，我打算专注于普鲁斯特的早期作品，尤其是让·桑特伊尔（Jean Santeuil，1896-1900），以了解recherche形式的起源。我还将与Malabou和当代法国哲学紧密互动，以创建或发现新的，后德里德斯的“统一”，“多样性”和“形式”的概念。