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Title: The Immoralist


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The Immoralist
  • André Gide

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  • André Gide by Paul Fortier, 1988
  • The goal of this study is to pinpoint the cause
    of the esthetical success of the Immoralist.
  • Emile Blanche wrote to Gide that he interpreted
    his work as a public declaration of
    homosexuality.
  • Hello!

3
  • Written from whose point of view?
  • The author
  • The voice and content of the preface are the
    result, in part, of Gides disappointment with
    the sale of his work and the negative judgment
    against it.

4
  • The Invisible Narrator
  • Reciting the three I. Michels narrative is
    from sunset to sunrise.
  • A faithful transmission seem impossible for a
    human being.

5
  • C. The Narrator as the Main Character
    (protagonist)
  • 1. Michel told the whole text to his friends in
    one night.
  • 2. The text lacks the characteristics of oral
    recitation
  • - Long phrases
  • - Well- structured sentences
  • - Lacks of repetitions
  • - Long quotations

6
  • D. The Main Character as a Witness
  • Explains where he grew up, his fortune, his
    illnessetc.

7
  • The Main Events
  • The period before Michels marriage
  • Summary of all events taking place during a
    quarter of a century dull life, absence of real
    joy. All events were presented in a specific
    light
  • - His commitment as an integral part of his
    fathers death
  • - His commitment as a result of boredom.

8
  • The Marriage
  • The description of the wedding
  • - boring
  • - short dinner
  • - Marceline is not named
  • - no love
  • - Marceline is a transparent character

9
  • What are the themes presented in Michels youth?
  • - boredom
  • - death
  • - weakness

10
  • Health and illness Marceline
  • She is healthy, very helpful, and has faith.
  • She becomes ill, accepts her fate, and keeps her
    faith.
  • Health and healing Michel
  • Denial and resistance
  • Marcelines joy gave him a new vision.

11
  • Main Themes Sickness and Health
  • A. Moral values are identified with Good and
    Evil
  • In the narrators mind there are two universes
  • - Sickness represents Evil.
  • - Health represents Good.

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  • The main character judges the world by these two
    universes
  • - In relation to his wife.
  • - He does not identify with either universe.
  • - He acts according to the bond that exists
    between his wife and the two universes.

13
  • Why was Michel disappointed at the end?
  • He did not find what constitutes Good
  • such as love, beauty, warmth, strength and joy

14
  • Criticism of Gides style
  • - Artificial composition to justify Michels
    philosophical elaboration.
  • - Elegant style and fascinating thoughts.
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