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The Bicycle as Heterotopic Instrument The Poetic Momentum of a Writing Machine

  • Publication type: Journal article
  • Journal: La Revue des lettres modernes
    2022 – 4
    . À plume et à pédales. Voyages cyclistes
  • Author: Carvigan-Cassin (Laura)
  • Abstract: Through literary reminiscences or social constructions, the present article explores the heterotopical qualities of the bicycle as an instrument that opens both to the outer and inner worlds: a space out of time. Experiencing the body in this cycling counterspace elicits a specific type of writing, but also an art of thinking oneself which magically turns the bicycle into a typewriter.
  • Pages: 157 to 172
  • Journal: Journal of Modern Literature
  • Series: Voyages contemporains, n° 4
  • CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
  • EAN: 9782406129974
  • ISBN: 978-2-406-12997-4
  • ISSN: 0035-2136
  • DOI: 10.48611/isbn.978-2-406-12997-4.p.0157
  • Publisher: Classiques Garnier
  • Online publication: 04-13-2022
  • Periodicity: Monthly
  • Language: French
  • Keyword: Heterotopia, Poetics, Michel Foucault, Dany Laferrière, Éric Fottorino