Le privilège optique : Éthique du voyage et esthétique de la vision chez Nerval

In Journey to the Orient, published in 1851, Nerval adopts a way of travelling similar to his way of seeing. Placing his story on the cusp of “revelation literature”, the writer strives to portray preestablished travel images in a different way. Seeking both to surprise himself and his reader, Nerva...

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Main Author: Jacob Lachat
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Language:English
Published: Université Clermont Auvergne 2016-03-01
Series:Viatica
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/viatica/572
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description In Journey to the Orient, published in 1851, Nerval adopts a way of travelling similar to his way of seeing. Placing his story on the cusp of “revelation literature”, the writer strives to portray preestablished travel images in a different way. Seeking both to surprise himself and his reader, Nerval never ceases to navigate in a random and hazardous manner and to visualise through mediation the foreign cities he passes through. Bearer and defender of the notion of vision, the traveller also tries to demonstrate a travel ethic that is opposed to the conventions of the time.
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Le privilège optique : Éthique du voyage et esthétique de la vision chez Nerval
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Orient
Nerval (Gérard de)
vision
mediation
title Le privilège optique : Éthique du voyage et esthétique de la vision chez Nerval
title_full Le privilège optique : Éthique du voyage et esthétique de la vision chez Nerval
title_fullStr Le privilège optique : Éthique du voyage et esthétique de la vision chez Nerval
title_full_unstemmed Le privilège optique : Éthique du voyage et esthétique de la vision chez Nerval
title_short Le privilège optique : Éthique du voyage et esthétique de la vision chez Nerval
title_sort le privilege optique ethique du voyage et esthetique de la vision chez nerval
topic perception
Orient
Nerval (Gérard de)
vision
mediation
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