Comparative Literature and Culture 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Theatricality
4 Mar 2016
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Love as the possession of the signs of love (eros fixes on the signs of an erotic fulfillment [remember dido]) Most desires for objects do not bring plentitude. E. g. you want the car or the phone then a month later you feel the same (no plentitude) She sees him steal the portrait and is happy about it. Later sees him fall off horse and she shows her love in her concern that he is hurt. There is a great pleasure to be found in talking about love. Still, most of our art is on love. Princesse de cleves discovers how she feels if nemours loves someone else. She and nemours write a new letter: lock themselves in her bedroom not to make love but to jointly make a letter of love, the sings of love. Eros dwells in the imaginary - fixates on the sings of love; we dwell in the imaginary, which is also the realm of art.
