Analyse des noms de lieux La cathédrale imaginaire persane

Balbec and its Persian cathedral remain important mythical places in la Recherche. Like the novel, words are formed in stages and the Proustian Orient is inspired by art history. The Persian-style church is mise en abyme inside the masterpiece. Like the multicolored ornaments housed in the Champagne gray of Combray. The Persian dream of childhood is then transformed into Gothic Romanesque writing.