Series
Analytical Reveries
Mignon, or the song of silence; Lenin, or the wings of dream; the case of Nerval: nomad or settler?
4 sessionsFrom 7 April 2021 to 4 October 2021
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#1 Mignon, or the song of silence
What silent element links texts that are never brought together: the sound coming from the castle in Kafka, Mignon's song in Goethe, and the eternal feminine as commented on by Wagner?
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#2 Lenin, or the wings of dreams
Under what condition can a revolutionary dream, and what does this dream teach us about the place of the subject and of finality in history?
- 03
#3 Nomad or sedentary? - The case of Nerval
Where would we want to remain: what does the quest for lodging, in Nerval's Promenades et Souvenirs, becoming a quest for a voice, reveal?
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#4 Nomad and sedentary - The case of Nerval
Does the apparent randomness of Nerval's wanderings in Promenades et souvenirs conceal a necessity, that of mourning the mother and returning to origins?