Unlike its predecessors, Nerval choses to dive into the Eastern cities. He shows interest not only for traditions and customs, but also for the diversity of local languages and dialects. The geographical journey is accompanied by a journey through sounds, songs, words and expressions that he gathers as a traveller. Many times threatened by the confusion of languages, Nerval escaped the curse and transformed his Journey to the Orient into a happy Babel that made French a new welcoming land.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques