Professor David Peimer
Marcel Proust
Summary
In this lecture, Professor David Peimer discusses Proust’s life, his monumental novel “Remembrance of Things Past”, and his significance in 20th-century literature. The focus is on Proust’s exploration of the bourgeoisie and their intricate relationships, capturing the day-to-day inner workings of the mind. The concept of the “Proustian moment” is introduced, describing intense memories triggered by seemingly mundane sensory experiences.
Professor David Peimer
David Peimer is a Professor of Literature, Film and Theatre in the UK. He has worked for the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, New York University (Global Division) and was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University. Born in South Africa, David has won numerous awards for playwriting and directing in New York, UK, Berlin, EU Parliament (Brussels), Athens, Budapest, Zululand and more. He has most recently directed Dame Janet Suzman in his own play, Joanna’s Story, at London Jewish Book Week. He has published widely with books including: Armed Response: Plays from South Africa, the digital book, Theatre in the Camps. He is on the board of the Pinter Centre (London), and has been involved with the Mandela Foundation, Vaclav Havel Foundation and directed a range of plays at Mr Havel’s Prague theatre.
He certainly didn’t believe in a saviour,and he wasn’t religious in the conventional sense. But he inherited enormous amount of that Jewish irony, wit and outsider stuff from his mother.
He took the experiences because he delved into such detail like Monet’s lilies. He tried to mine the gold inside their imagination and the minds of the people he met.