Louis-Philippe Dalembert, «vagabond jusqu’au bout de la fatigue»
The Haitian novelist and poet Louis-Philippe Dalembert (Port-au-Prince, 1962) has developed in his works of fiction the concept of vagabondage as a literary projection of his biographical wandering through multiple spaces. The aim of this essay is to study the presence of vagabondage and its dist...
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The Haitian novelist and poet Louis-Philippe Dalembert (Port-au-Prince, 1962) has developed in his works of fiction the concept of vagabondage as a literary projection of his biographical wandering through multiple spaces. The aim of this essay is to study the presence of vagabondage and its distinctive features in those novels written by Dalembert that reflect the writer’s perpetual motion: Le Crayon du bon Dieu n’a pas de gomme (1996), L’Autre face de la mer (1998), L’Île du bout des rêves (2003), Les dieux voyagent la nuit (2006). The main characters are constantly moving, they are cosmopolitan wanderers who belong to many places at the same time, just like Dalembert himself. By analyzing the representation of movement in these fictions, we will show that the notion of vagabondage is depicted by the author as a positive and meaningful opportunity for the vagabond who travels across countries, languages and cultures.
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| spelling | doaj.art-088a74bba50f4b14953e36f3a0a7550c2023-10-30T08:31:07ZengFondazione Università Ca’ FoscariIl Tolomeo2499-59752016-12-0118110.14277/2499-5975/Tol-18-16-3journal_article_601Louis-Philippe Dalembert, «vagabond jusqu’au bout de la fatigue»Vignoli, Alessia0Instytut Romanistyki, Uniwersytet Warszawski, Polska The Haitian novelist and poet Louis-Philippe Dalembert (Port-au-Prince, 1962) has developed in his works of fiction the concept of vagabondage as a literary projection of his biographical wandering through multiple spaces. The aim of this essay is to study the presence of vagabondage and its distinctive features in those novels written by Dalembert that reflect the writer’s perpetual motion: Le Crayon du bon Dieu n’a pas de gomme (1996), L’Autre face de la mer (1998), L’Île du bout des rêves (2003), Les dieux voyagent la nuit (2006). The main characters are constantly moving, they are cosmopolitan wanderers who belong to many places at the same time, just like Dalembert himself. By analyzing the representation of movement in these fictions, we will show that the notion of vagabondage is depicted by the author as a positive and meaningful opportunity for the vagabond who travels across countries, languages and cultures. http://doi.org/10.14277/2499-5975/Tol-18-16-3Contemporary Haitian Literature. Louis-Philippe Dalembert. Vagabondage. Wandering |
| spellingShingle | Vignoli, Alessia Louis-Philippe Dalembert, «vagabond jusqu’au bout de la fatigue» Il Tolomeo Contemporary Haitian Literature. Louis-Philippe Dalembert. Vagabondage. Wandering |
| title | Louis-Philippe Dalembert, «vagabond jusqu’au bout de la fatigue» |
| title_full | Louis-Philippe Dalembert, «vagabond jusqu’au bout de la fatigue» |
| title_fullStr | Louis-Philippe Dalembert, «vagabond jusqu’au bout de la fatigue» |
| title_full_unstemmed | Louis-Philippe Dalembert, «vagabond jusqu’au bout de la fatigue» |
| title_short | Louis-Philippe Dalembert, «vagabond jusqu’au bout de la fatigue» |
| title_sort | louis philippe dalembert vagabond jusqu au bout de la fatigue |
| topic | Contemporary Haitian Literature. Louis-Philippe Dalembert. Vagabondage. Wandering |
| url | http://doi.org/10.14277/2499-5975/Tol-18-16-3 |
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