Work · Jean-Paul Sartre
Situations I — Literary Criticism
Studies of Faulkner, Mauriac, Dos Passos and others connect novel criticism with philosophical questions of time and freedom.
Understanding the text
First volume of the original series; later reorganized editions do not always share its contents.
Key points
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Technique
Narrative viewpoint commits a conception of consciousness and action.
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Time
Novelistic composition reveals different relationships to past and future.
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Criticism
Judging a work requires examining formal choices as well as opinions.
How to read it
Read a discussed literary work alongside its essay to test the interpretation.
Editions & sources
Summaries and key points are original editorial interpretations. They accompany reading the work and do not replace an edition of the text. Editorial method ↗