Strategies of the Void of Contemporary Travellers
- Publication type: Journal article
- Journal: La Revue des lettres modernes
2021 – 2. La Littérature de voyage aujourd’hui. Héritages et reconfigurations - Author: Ridon (Jean-Xavier)
- Pages: 61 to 77
- Journal: Journal of Modern Literature
- Series: Voyages contemporains, n° 3
This article analyses the way the void is used by some contemporary Francophone travellers to represent their journey. While the concept of emptiness, in the context of travel narratives, is inherently linked to a colonial imagination, I question the reasons for the use of this concept and its limitations.
- CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
- ISBN: 978-2-406-11102-3
- EAN: 9782406111023
- ISSN: 0035-2136
- DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-11102-3.p.0061
- Publisher: Classiques Garnier
- Online publication: 03-01-2021
- Periodicity: Monthly
- Language: French
- Keyword: Contemporary travellers, Void, Counterculture, Nature, Sublime
