This contribution examines the olfactory dimension of knowledge in Proust’s Recherche. Smell, resistant to rational analysis, challenges the intellect and requires the mediation of literary writing in order to be assimilated. Anticipating contemporary research on olfaction and memory (the “Proust phenomenon”), this study offers the first systematic analysis of the cognitive role of smell in Proust’s oeuvre.
Verna, M., Sentir avec Proust: la dimension olfactive de la connaissance dans la Recherche, <<REVUE D'ÉTUDES PROUSTIENNES>>, 2026; (24): 31-46. [doi:10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-21340-6.p.0031] [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/346599]
Sentir avec Proust: la dimension olfactive de la connaissance dans la Recherche
Verna, Marisa
Primo
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
2026
Abstract
This contribution examines the olfactory dimension of knowledge in Proust’s Recherche. Smell, resistant to rational analysis, challenges the intellect and requires the mediation of literary writing in order to be assimilated. Anticipating contemporary research on olfaction and memory (the “Proust phenomenon”), this study offers the first systematic analysis of the cognitive role of smell in Proust’s oeuvre.
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