A Reading of the Novel in Search of Lost Time Based on the Heidegger's Anxiety-Awareness Idea

Masoud Kiani

Abstract

In this essay I will exploring the themes of Anxiety-Awareness toward death in Marcel Proust's novel In Search of Lost Time and their integration with Martin Heidegger's philosophy. Proust employs a cyclical narrative structure to depict different dimensions of time. Heidegger, in his work Being and Time, emphasizes temporality as a key element in the existential structure of human existence. He discusses the concepts of Being-toward-death and attaining completeness in death, highlighting the fear associated with authentic Dasein. The essay seeks to establish a connection between the narrator of Proust's novel, Marcel, and Heidegger's notion of Dasein. It aims to explore the idea of anxiety-awareness in the face of death, as depicted in In Search, through an examination of Heidegger's philosophy. The ultimate goal is to understand how Marcel, as a character, attempts to immortalize and relive moments of Being through writing.

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