The free act and artistic creation: relations between Bergson's philosophy and Proust's literature

Abstract

Exists a strong relationship between Bergson’s philosophy and art. The tendency of his thought to the study of psychological questions establish a continuous dialogue with art, be by the use of metaphor and poetical images, be by the references that can be found in his texts, especially in respect to the study of subjectivity. In other way, analyzing the Proust’s work can be perceived there, in many moments, a clear example of what Bergson called pure duration. Two approaches can be done: the duration according to the narrator character of No Caminho de Swann is constructed; and the memories of the own author, essentials to the creation of the environment where the psychological profiles can be developed by his artistic expression. In this intersection, seems to us feasible to suggest, in this way, a comparison between the free action ruled on the duration and the artistic production like an expression of the duration of that creates, considering in foundation the bergsonian interpretation of this questions.