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Re-Constructing Combray: Proust's spatiality in A La Recherche du Temps Perdu

Part 1 Dissertation 2017
Andreea Ioana Pirvan
 University of Cambridge | UK
The aim of this dissertation is to provide an alternative framework which analyses the spaces of Combray, described in the first novel of Marcel Proust’s monumental À la recherche du temps perdu. It looks at how the author has performed certain changes on the ‘real’ spaces of the town Illiers arriving at the descriptions of fictional Combray in order to emphasise their topographic, artistic, poetic and mythical qualities.
Andreea Ioana Pirvan
Tutor(s)
Maximilan Sternberg
2017
Illiers-Combray: The spire of Saint-Jacques arising between the houses
The spire under the velvet sky
The spire as a brioche
The spire between the vines
Marcel’s bedroom
View from Aunt Leonie’s bedroom
View from Marcel’s bedroom in Illiers
Imaginary view from Marcel’s bedroom in Combray
Survey Map of Combray showing relation of Church St. Jacques and Marcel's Bedroom
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