DÉSIR ET RÉALITÉ
DANS BELLE DU SEIGNEUR D’ALBERT COHEN
Desire and reality in Albert Cohen's novel "Belle du seigneur"
Author(s): Rodica STOICESCUSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: desire; illusion; pathology of perfection; time and reality; boredom
Summary/Abstract: In Belle du Seigneur, Albert Cohen describes the successive metamorphoses of Desire. At thebeginning of the love affaire, pure desire unites the two lovers until they become one. Then, astime induces its traces into satisfied desire, the lovers awake to the awareness that theirrelationship has little by little become autistics, inwardly turned and self-sufficient. More than anovel about love, Belle du Seigneur is a novel depicting the attitude of those who have devotedtheir entire life to making happiness last inside the frozen time of Perfection.
Journal: Dialogos
- Issue Year: 7/2006
- Issue No: 13
- Page Range: 34-44
- Page Count: 10
- Language: French
