In the Recherche, habit is at the same time a “skillful developer” and a “formidable divinity”: this duplicity is explained in light of Proust's knowledge of the main French theories on this subject. This contribution aims to provide a reconstruction of Proustian thought on habit by relating it to a series of virtual readings without which this thought would be devoid of logic and even sometimes contradictory.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques