Le motif du vagabondage dans quelques nouvelles « noires » d’Émile Zola
The motif of vagabondage in some of Emile Zola’s « dark » short stories
Author(s): Anna KaczmarekSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, French Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Instytut Filologii Romańskiej & Wydawnictwo Werset
Keywords: Zola; short story; vagabondage; mobility; happiness; bad luck
Summary/Abstract: The paper shows the importance of the motif of vagabondage recurrent in three of Zola’s short stories: For a Night of Love, Jacques Damour and The Death of Olivier Becaille. Their characters’ aimless wandering through the coutryside, through France or the entire world either means perfect happiness, time-filling strategy, or consequence of one’s past or bad luck. It is aways opposed to immobility of sleep or death.
Journal: Quêtes littéraires
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 38-46
- Page Count: 9
- Language: French