A CASE FOR THE ADVENTURE STORY: "TO DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM"
A CASE FOR THE ADVENTURE STORY: "TO DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM"

Summary/Abstract: This article starts from the ideas of two critics, Jaques Arnould and Sylvain Venayre, who tried to redefine the literature of adventure. This genre is much used and very little thought about. The authors tried to give a sort of explanation as to what is attractive and how the adventure story has changed in time. My article focuses not on the historical, social, and political contexts as described by the authors. Its aim is to explore the core attraction of adventure: the capacity of man to go beyond what is considered possible, and - mainly - the attraction man has towards such exemplary stories and hidden mysterious adventures. To exemplify, we have referred to a rather long history of adventures, and contested the idea that they are dated, even though, of course, they are representations and illustrations of many ideas of their time. The adventure stories speak, ̶ we think ̶ about a permanent inclination of man to overcome his own limits, to go beyond the territory of the "possible", to find new resources and ideas in order that he might demonstrate his inner force and his lively spirit.

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