Proust et les voix du silence

Abstract

In this paper, the author argues that Proust’s relationship to language cannot be considered without taking into consideration the complex character of Françoise. Starting from the centrality of female figures in Search of Lost Time , this essay identifies three central manifestations of language in Proust: structure, the relationship to truth and a relationship of assistance. Can we reread the writer in the light of care theories? What meaning can we attribute to Françoise’s evolution? By situating itself on the fringe of a “theory of the subject that articulates different aspects of being-in-the-world in a new and coherent way” (Leriche, 2004), this article raises the question of the relational