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
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
There have been only rare moments in history where individual histories were able to run their course without wars or revolutions. Raymond Queneau historyindividualmoment Change image and share on social
It doesn't seem to me that anyone has discovered much that's new since the Iliad or the Odyssey. Raymond Queneau discoveriliadodyssey Change image and 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
