L’écriture du temps dans le récit de voyage entre Lumières et romantisme

Using a corpus of accounts from travellers who visited Europe between the 1750s and 1850s, this article examines the conscious and unconscious influence of time in travel literature. Taking into account the editorial freedoms that have emerged since the mid-18th century, the study examines the centr...

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Main Author: Grégoire Besson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université Clermont Auvergne
Series:Viatica
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/316
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Summary:Using a corpus of accounts from travellers who visited Europe between the 1750s and 1850s, this article examines the conscious and unconscious influence of time in travel literature. Taking into account the editorial freedoms that have emerged since the mid-18th century, the study examines the central role of date in the travel narrative, and then focuses on the study of short chronology, narrative temporalities and the explicit expression of the sense of time.
ISSN:2275-0827