L’« histoire véritable de la planète Mars »
The definition of « foreigner » is unavoidably connected with the definition of « space ». The foreigner is a person who is, first of all, « strange » to a political space, to a physical space, our space. But he is also, or specifically, the one who is strange to an imaginary, mythical and symbolic...
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| Language: | English |
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Association Portugaise d'Etudes Françaises
2014-05-01
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| Series: | Carnets |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/carnets/1230 |
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| Summary: | The definition of « foreigner » is unavoidably connected with the definition of « space ». The foreigner is a person who is, first of all, « strange » to a political space, to a physical space, our space. But he is also, or specifically, the one who is strange to an imaginary, mythical and symbolic space that is called « individual » or « national culture ». For those reasons, it seems to us important to talk about a peculiar and rare book, published in Lisbon, in the year of 1921: The Truly Story of the Planet Mars, allegedly attributed to a French traveler, Henri Montgolfier. The description of the planet, written « in loco », would be finally translated by a Portuguese, José Nunes da Matta, also seduced by space travels (and adapted by Modesto Brocos, a painter born in Galicia, which impels us to cross also political, physical, imaginary and symbolic spaces, in France, Portugal and Mars, to redefine « foreigner », and to considerer its functions in utopia. |
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| ISSN: | 1646-7698 |