LE VOYAGE COMME PRÉTEXTE. L’ECRITURE VIATIQUE DANS UN ALLER SIMPLE DE DIDIER VAN CAUWELAERT
TRAVEL AS PRETEXT. FICTIONAL TRAVEL WRITING IN DIDIER VAN CAUWELAERT’S
FICTIONAL TRAVEL WRITING IN DIDIER VAN CAUWELAERT’S UN ALLER SIMPLE
Author(s): Ileana D. ChirilăSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Czech Literature, Other Language Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: travel; writing; Cauwelaert; pretext; mise en abîme; poietics;
Summary/Abstract: Didier van Cauwelaert’s fictional travel writing is a pretext for poietics, rather than a metaphor for literature. This article focuses on his novel Un aller simple to show how, by employing intertextuality, metalanguage, and mise en ab me, the author succeeds in fictionalizing the very mechanism of writing. Moreover, this article shows how parody and diversion deconstruct the classic travelogue, revealing that all literature is fiction.
Journal: Analele Universităţii din Craiova. Seria Ştiinţe Filologice. Limbi şi literaturi romanice.
- Issue Year: XXV/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 172-183
- Page Count: 12
- Language: French