The Odyssey is the story of someone who, in the course of diverse experiences, acquires a personality or affirms and recovers his personality. Raymond Queneau acquireaffirmdiverse Change image and share on social
After the magical act accomplished by Joyce with Ulysses, perhaps we are getting away from it. Raymond Queneau accomplishactjoyce Change image and share on social
A very great Iliad... concerns the creation of a nation. Raymond Queneau concerncreationgreat Change image and share on social
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. Raymond Queneau characterheroparty Change image and share on social
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. Raymond Queneau astonishcontinueepic Change image and share on social
We have gotten away from this double aspect of either putting the character back into historical events or of making a historical event of his very life. Raymond Queneau aspectbackcharacter Change image and share on social
Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in spite of everything. Raymond Queneau charactercontextdefine share on social
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. Raymond Queneau characterconsistfiction share on social
One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey. Raymond Queneau classifydescendanteasily Change image and share on social
