As any great writer, Proust leans upon tradition, which he denies when his own originality comes to be manifested. From Balzac, Proust takes over the imagination upon which he builds up his intricate world, considering, nevertheless, that the shortcoming of the Balzacian-type novels is the fact that, in them, reality is hardly transfigured. Proust enriches the external view with the inner one, and the history of his epoch with that of the conscience. His novel is based on the self-discovery of one’s own ego, who speaks himself out, introspection being essential in creating a Proustian perspective. The subjective approach is the principle upon which Proust built up his entire creation, both from the viewpoint of his own vision, and from that of the selection and structuring of the material.