Philippe Sollers et l'héritage diderotien : du texte à l'image, une esthétique du regard et de la création.

Abstract

This article examines the persistence of Enlightenment heritage in the work of Philippe Sollers through a comparative study with Denis Diderot. It first highlights the intellectual and aesthetic affinities that connect the two writers, particularly through their shared conception of creative freedom, their preference for open narrative forms, their engagement with the reader, and the importance they attach to sensual experience.

The study then explores the dialogue between literature and painting through the concepts of intertextuality, reception, and the circulation of artistic forms. From Diderot to Sollers, the transition from text to image reveals a common desire to involve the reader-viewer in the construction of meaning and aesthetic experience.

Finally, the article analyzes the role of art criticism in the works of both authors. Through Diderot’s Salons and Sollers’s aesthetic reflections, the artwork emerges as a privileged space for shaping perception, cultivating taste, and resisting contemporary forms of cultural standardization. The study thus demonstrates how Sollers reinterprets and revitalizes Diderot’s legacy by reaffirming the essential role of art, literature, and criticism in the understanding of aesthetic experience and cultural transmission.