Simone de Beauvoir Presentation
How can someone be so frivolous as to write novels? This the question SDB posed to herself after reading philosophy. At age 18, SDB thought novels brought her to a concrete temporal world, while philosophy brought her into a “timeless heaven.” However, the novels of Soren and d’Urberville made her feel that fabricating systems was in vain. “Where was truth found? On earth or in eternity? As SDB states in Literature and Metaphysics on page 269 “there is only one reality” it is in the midst of the world that we think through the world”.
While some writers write on either earth or eternity effectively keeping philosophy and literature separate, others try to “express this condition in its totality.” (Quote) “that is what gives a good novel its value. It allows one to undergo imaginary experiences that are as complete and disturbing as lived experiences.”(End Quote) .
All works signify something. Those arguing against philosophical literature contend that what is signified in novels, …show more content…
When reading the sociological work of The Children of Sanchez, one does not have to enter the Authors world. “I am interested in them: I annex them to my universe, but I do not change universes.” Literature invite one to temporarily enter another world. That is what distinguishes literature from information. (quote)“A truth that is other becomes mine without ceasing to be other” (end quote)
Like Sartre, SDB emphasizes the importance of engaged literature. She explains its importance on page 203 when she says, “The individual who is engaged in his time period, who tries to have a hold upon history by an action, or indignation, or by revolt, has much richer and much more profound ties with the world than the one who withdraws from the world in an ivory tower.” 203. “A writer can only be interested in what interests him. If the field of his interests is narrow and petty, then he reveals a petty universe to
How can someone be so frivolous as to write novels? This the question SDB posed to herself after reading philosophy. At age 18, SDB thought novels brought her to a concrete temporal world, while philosophy brought her into a “timeless heaven.” However, the novels of Soren and d’Urberville made her feel that fabricating systems was in vain. “Where was truth found? On earth or in eternity? As SDB states in Literature and Metaphysics on page 269 “there is only one reality” it is in the midst of the world that we think through the world”.
While some writers write on either earth or eternity effectively keeping philosophy and literature separate, others try to “express this condition in its totality.” (Quote) “that is what gives a good novel its value. It allows one to undergo imaginary experiences that are as complete and disturbing as lived experiences.”(End Quote) .
All works signify something. Those arguing against philosophical literature contend that what is signified in novels, …show more content…
When reading the sociological work of The Children of Sanchez, one does not have to enter the Authors world. “I am interested in them: I annex them to my universe, but I do not change universes.” Literature invite one to temporarily enter another world. That is what distinguishes literature from information. (quote)“A truth that is other becomes mine without ceasing to be other” (end quote)
Like Sartre, SDB emphasizes the importance of engaged literature. She explains its importance on page 203 when she says, “The individual who is engaged in his time period, who tries to have a hold upon history by an action, or indignation, or by revolt, has much richer and much more profound ties with the world than the one who withdraws from the world in an ivory tower.” 203. “A writer can only be interested in what interests him. If the field of his interests is narrow and petty, then he reveals a petty universe to