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The function of the dream and the body in Diderot's works /
Vanderheyden, Jennifer
The function of the dream and the body in Diderot's works / Jennifer Vanderheyden - 163 pages
"In addition to his philosophical works and novels, the eighteenth-century writer Denis Diderot is most often recognized as one of the major authors of the Encyclopedie. Described by scholars as a modern and provocative thinker and writer, Diderot inspired intellectual discussion with his theories of artistic mimesis, in which he placed special emphasis on what is not stated in words, but is conveyed through gestures and other non-verbal forms of communication. This book explores Diderot's representation of the body as a tableau vivant - a literary painting in which the narrator portrays his characters as if suspended in a state of oscillation between paralysis and movement.The Function of the Dream and the Body in Diderot's Works discuses how Diderot's depiction of the body poses problems of interpretation of the serious reader/spectator, who, as in Freudian dream analysis, must gener
9780820458427 0820458422
Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784 -- Criticism and interpretation
Dreams in literature
Body, Human, in literature
Criticism and interpretation
Human body in literature
French literature, history and criticism, 18th century
848.509 / VAN
The function of the dream and the body in Diderot's works / Jennifer Vanderheyden - 163 pages
"In addition to his philosophical works and novels, the eighteenth-century writer Denis Diderot is most often recognized as one of the major authors of the Encyclopedie. Described by scholars as a modern and provocative thinker and writer, Diderot inspired intellectual discussion with his theories of artistic mimesis, in which he placed special emphasis on what is not stated in words, but is conveyed through gestures and other non-verbal forms of communication. This book explores Diderot's representation of the body as a tableau vivant - a literary painting in which the narrator portrays his characters as if suspended in a state of oscillation between paralysis and movement.The Function of the Dream and the Body in Diderot's Works discuses how Diderot's depiction of the body poses problems of interpretation of the serious reader/spectator, who, as in Freudian dream analysis, must gener
9780820458427 0820458422
Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784 -- Criticism and interpretation
Dreams in literature
Body, Human, in literature
Criticism and interpretation
Human body in literature
French literature, history and criticism, 18th century
848.509 / VAN