Raymond Queneau Quotes

Raymond Queneau

French Poet

Born: Feb 21, 1903

Died: Oct 25, 1976

Character Characters Himself Historical History Iliad

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The Odyssey is the story of someone who, in the course of diverse experiences, acquires a personality or affirms and recovers his personality. Raymond Queneau

Personality Someone Diverse Recovers Course His Odyssey Experiences Story Who

Religions tend to disappear with man's good fortune. Raymond Queneau

Good Man Religions Tend Disappear Fortune Good Fortune

All confessions are Odysseys. Raymond Queneau

Confessions

All societies are historical. Raymond Queneau

Historical Societies

Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as having a general historical value, which is the Odyssey. Raymond Queneau

Value Characters General Having Individual True True Story Odyssey Historical Fiction Story Either Which Placing Iliad Imaginary Presenting

The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history. Raymond Queneau

History People Thrown Private Private Lives Disorder Iliad Lives

The Odyssey is the story of Americans up to the point where they are well-established, and even so it is detached from the historical side. Raymond Queneau

Side Detached Point Odyssey Historical Up American Where Story Even

Ulysses finds himself unchanged, aside from his experience, at the end of his odyssey. Raymond Queneau

Experience Finds Unchanged Himself His Odyssey Ulysses End Aside

When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing. Raymond Queneau

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