René Girard. From Violence to Divinity: Romantic Lies and Novelistic Truth
De la violence à la divinité: Mensonge romantique et vérité romanesque
Романтическа лъжа и романна истина
Language: Bulgarian 

   One of the central ideas of René Girard's work is already set out in this first book, published in 1961 and now considered a classic of literary criticism: humans are incapable of desiring on their own; the object of their desire must be designated to them by a third party. This third party may be external to the novel's plot, as in the chivalric novels for Don Quixote or the romance novels for Emma Bovary. More often than not, however, the third party is internal to the novel's plot: the being who suggests desires to the heroes of Stendhal, Proust, or Dostoevsky is himself a character in the book. Subtle relationships of admiration, competition, and hatred are then woven between the hero and his mediator: René Girard draws a brilliant, ascending parallel between vanity in Stendhal, snobbery in Proust, and hateful idolatry in Dostoevsky.

Table of contents

Въведение

РОМАНТИЧЕСКА ЛЪЖА И РОМАННА ИСТИНА

1. „Триъгълното“ желание

2. Хората ще бъдат богове едни за други

3. Метаморфозите на желанието

4. Господар и слуга

5. Червеното и черното

6. Проблеми, свързани с повествователната техника при Стендал, Сервантес и Флобер

7. Аскезата на героя

8. Мазохизъм и садизъм

9. Световете на Пруст

10. Проблеми, свързани с повествователната техника при Пруст и Достоевски

11. Апокалипсисът при Достоевски

12. Романните заключения

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