Philip Kitcher: "Baik Proust maupun Joyce merekam cara-cara di mana pe...

"Baik Proust maupun Joyce merekam cara-cara di mana perspektif manusia dapat diubah. Di Portrait, Stephen Dedalus terus mengalami epifani, tetapi efeknya bersifat sementara: kompleks sintetis baru dengan cepat hancur berantakan. Karakter Proust, sebaliknya, seringkali mencapai perubahan perspektif yang langgeng."

--- Philip Kitcher

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Both Proust and Joyce record the ways in which human perspectives can be transformed. In Portrait, Stephen Dedalus is constantly undergoing epiphanies, but their effects are transitory: the new synthetic complex quickly falls apart. Proust's characters, by contrast, often achieve lasting changes of perspective.