The Picture of Dorian Gray : la passion du réel/la passion du semblant

The Picture of Dorian Gray : la passion du réel/la passion du semblant

Slavoj Zizek has recently argued that the 20th century is characterized by the « passion for the real, » which is an exact inversion of the passion for semblances : beneath our modern passion for virtual reality there lurks a longing for « the experience of the real world of material decay ». The Pi...

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Hlavní autor: Ramel, Annie
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Vydáno: Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens 2023
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:cve_12521 https://doi.org/10.4000/cve.12521 urn:doi:10.4000/cve.12521 fr https://journals.openedition.org/cve/12521 2023-03-30T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/f0a2 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The Picture of Dorian Gray : la passion du réel/la passion du semblant Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2271-6149 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0220-5610 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cve Ramel, Annie Slavoj Zizek has recently argued that the 20th century is characterized by the « passion for the real, » which is an exact inversion of the passion for semblances : beneath our modern passion for virtual reality there lurks a longing for « the experience of the real world of material decay ». The Picture of Dorian Gray was written in a period of transition between the 19th century and the 20th, and my point is that Wilde’s aestheticism must be re-appraised in the light of Zizek’s thought. A study of doors and windows in the novel shows that Dorian commits a major transgression which consists in mistaking the « window » of fantasy for a « door » that leads beyond the pleasure principle and provides « the thrill of the Real ». Dorian’s passion is not so much for beauty and art, but for the decomposing portrait, its grey and amorphous matter, the « palpitating life substance prior to symbolic mortification » from which he derives exquisite enjoyment.
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description Slavoj Zizek has recently argued that the 20th century is characterized by the « passion for the real, » which is an exact inversion of the passion for semblances : beneath our modern passion for virtual reality there lurks a longing for « the experience of the real world of material decay ». The Picture of Dorian Gray was written in a period of transition between the 19th century and the 20th, and my point is that Wilde’s aestheticism must be re-appraised in the light of Zizek’s thought. A study of doors and windows in the novel shows that Dorian commits a major transgression which consists in mistaking the « window » of fantasy for a « door » that leads beyond the pleasure principle and provides « the thrill of the Real ». Dorian’s passion is not so much for beauty and art, but for the decomposing portrait, its grey and amorphous matter, the « palpitating life substance prior to symbolic mortification » from which he derives exquisite enjoyment.
author Ramel, Annie
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The Picture of Dorian Gray : la passion du réel/la passion du semblant
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title The Picture of Dorian Gray : la passion du réel/la passion du semblant
title_short The Picture of Dorian Gray : la passion du réel/la passion du semblant
title_full The Picture of Dorian Gray : la passion du réel/la passion du semblant
title_fullStr The Picture of Dorian Gray : la passion du réel/la passion du semblant
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