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Category Archive: Raymond Queneau

Raymond Queneau Quote: “After the magical act accomplished by…”

After the magical act accomplished by Joyce with Ulysses, perhaps we are getting away from it.

July 22, 2021 1903, February 21, French, Quotes by Poets, Raymond Queneau

Raymond Queneau Quote: “It doesn’t seem to me that…”

It doesn’t seem to me that anyone has discovered much that’s new since the Iliad or the Odyssey.

May 21, 2021 1903, February 21, French, Quotes by Poets, Raymond Queneau

Raymond Queneau Quote: “To have one’s own story told…”

To have one’s own story told by a third party who doesn’t know that the character in question is himself the hero of the story being told, that’s a technical refinement.

March 25, 2021 1903, February 21, French, Quotes by Poets, Raymond Queneau

Raymond Queneau Quote: “When Ulysses hears his own story…”

When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn’t interested any longer. That’s very astonishing.

September 5, 2020 1903, February 21, French, Quotes by Poets, Raymond Queneau

Raymond Queneau Quote: “A very great Iliad… concerns the…”

A very great Iliad… concerns the creation of a nation.

June 23, 2020 1903, February 21, French, Quotes by Poets, Raymond Queneau

Raymond Queneau Quote: “Fiction has consisted either of placing…”

Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as having a general historical value, which is the Odyssey.

June 22, 2020 1903, February 21, French, Quotes by Poets, Raymond Queneau

Raymond Queneau Quote: “It is the creator of fiction’s…”

It is the creator of fiction’s point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that the story he is telling is as interesting as universal history.

June 21, 2020 1903, February 21, French, Quotes by Poets, Raymond Queneau

Raymond Queneau Quote: “The Iliad is the private lives…”

The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history.

April 14, 2020 1903, February 21, French, Quotes by Poets, Raymond Queneau

Raymond Queneau Quote: “It seems to me that an…”

It seems to me that an author who has determined very new domains in literature is Gertrude Stein.

February 27, 2020 1903, February 21, French, Quotes by Poets, Raymond Queneau

Raymond Queneau Quote: “The Odyssey is the story of…”

The Odyssey is the story of Americans up to the point where they are well-established, and even so it is detached from the historical side.

February 17, 2020 1903, February 21, French, Quotes by Poets, Raymond Queneau

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