Menzogna romantica e verità romanzesca. La mediazione del desiderio nella letteratura e nella vita

Dans Mensonge romantique et vérité romanesque , publié en 1961, René Girard développe une théorie du désir et de sa représentation en littérature. Armé de son compas , Girard semble avoir trouvé les preuves de ce que Pascal jugeait impossible : une géométrie de l’âme ; au cœur des relations humaines, Leggi tutto

Jale Parla, Orhan Koçak, Nurdan Gürbilek gibi edebiyat aleminin önemli şahsiyetlerinin hakkında çok konuştuğu Girard'ın bu eserini nihayet ben de okudum. Söz konusu eleştirmenlerin en çok eleştirdikleri Girard'ın her türlü kuram ve akımdan azade kendi yolunu (kendi sistematiğini kurarak) çizen tavrı Leggi tutto

I thought I understood envy. Then I read this book. It doesn't matter if (like me) you've never read the novels Girard analyzes here; you'll still come away wowed. The only thing that didn't seem quite clear in this book is a point that shines in I See Satan Fall Like Lightning --that mimetic desire, Leggi tutto

Lo giuro, non leggerò mai più un libro allo stesso modo. Si è squarciato il velo di Maya per me, come lettrice. Recuperare tutto dell'Autore. Confusa e rapita.

This is my first introduction to Girard, and I'm already a huge fan. I have to admit, some of the things he said went over my head, but the gist of his message has already changed the way I think about desire and envy. Girard is famously known for coining "mimetic theory," which claims that all desi Leggi tutto

Siamo abituati a vedere il desiderio come una costruzione rettilinea che dal soggetto va direttamente all’oggetto: per esempio, io desidero essere ricco, quindi l’oggetto delle mie brame è la ricchezza in sè. Girard invece afferma che il desiderio ha una costruzione triangolare, ossia fra il soggett Leggi tutto

" يعرض المفكّر الفرنسيّ رينيه جيرار نظريّته المتعلّقة بالرغبة المحاكية، أي بالرغبة كمحاكاة، مُعارِضاً النظرة الأوديبيّة الفرويديّة، حيث ينظر إلى الرغبة كتابعة لرغبة أخرى متأتّية من آخر، لا نابعة من ذواتنا، حيث تستلزم وجود وسيط، أي لا تتحقّق أركانها إلاّ بتكامل الشروط الثلاثة، راغب ووسيط ومرغوب فيه، Leggi tutto

To truly understand human nature, it is necessary to internalize much of what Rene Girard has written. To truly understand how human nature is expressed in literature, it is necessary to internalize this book.

The basic theory of mimesis, or "imitative desire" laid out in the first 10 pages of this book is one of the most powerful and thought-provoking literary theories I've ever read. In the best tradition of revelatory theories, Girard's thesis that the lion's share of our desires, be they physical obje Leggi tutto

Girard's literary criticism is challenging but fantastic. I am sad I could not fully enjoy it since I was sleep deprived every night and had not read many of the "Great Books." I am inclined to now. Even so, I am blown away by his concept of metaphysical desire, the idea that characters (and people) Leggi tutto