马赛尔·普鲁斯特和让—保罗·萨特是法国当代文学史上两位最杰出的代表。一个成名于本世纪二三十年代,另一个享誉于二次世界大战后;一个是以其《追忆逝水年华》而蜚声文坛的小说巨匠,另一个是以其存在主义哲学和独特思想影响一代青年的导师。他们两人的创作集中了20世纪法国文学的基本现象和主要特征,因此,研究他们的思想和理论,剖析他们的创作倾向和艺术特色,能使我们把握当代法国文学和现代文学的发展轨迹。 意识的魅力 普鲁斯特开创了意识流小说的先河,但在哲学上,他是受了法国哲学家柏格森的直觉主义的思想影响。柏格森认为:直觉乃是 Marcel Proust and Jean-Paul Sartre are two of the most outstanding representatives of French contemporary literature. One famous in the twenties and thirties of this century, the other renowned after World War II; one is the novel master of fame in the literary world with its “memory of the passing of time”; the other is influencing the generation with its existentialist philosophy and unique ideas Young mentor. Their creation concentrates on the basic phenomena and main features of 20th-century French literature. Therefore, studying their thoughts and theories, analyzing their creative tendency and artistic features, enables us to grasp the development path of contemporary French literature and modern literature. The Charm of Consciousness Proust pioneered the stream of consciousness novels, but in philosophy he was influenced by the intuitionism of the French philosopher Bergson. Bergson thinks: intuition is