Błoński and Proust

This is the comparative reading of Jan Błoński’s book Widzieć jasno w zachwyceniu and Roland Barthes’ essay entitled „Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure”. Błoński’s book was first published in 1965. Barthes wrote his text in 1978 and he didn’t read Błoński. The parallels and similarities between both texts are really striking: the question of rhythm of Proust’s novel, the problem of literary genre, critical affect of the reader etc.

 

This is the comparative reading of Jan Błoński’s book Widzieć jasno w zachwyceniu and Roland Barthes’ essay entitled „Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure”. Błoński’s book was first published in 1965. Barthes wrote his text in 1978 and he didn’t read Błoński. The parallels and similarities between both texts are really striking: the question of rhythm of Proust’s novel, the problem of literary genre, critical affect of the reader etc.