Podróż, ucieczka, wygnanie w dawnych literaturach romańskich
Travel, Escape, Exile in Old Romance Literature
Contributor(s): Dariusz Krawczyk (Editor), Monika Kulesza (Editor), Dorota Szeliga (Editor)
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: old French literature; old Italian literature; medieval literature; travels; Enlightenment; travel literature
Summary/Abstract: The texts included in the volume describe travel as a literary phenomenon and as one of the basic human experiences. They present the analysis of works, often not known to a Polish reader. They also include texts from different periods, show distict perspectives and research methods as well as real and imaginary travels in time and space.
- E-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-4325-1
- Print-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-4317-6
- Page Count: 278
- Publication Year: 2020
- Language: Polish
FUGA MUNDI NA PRZYKŁADZIE ŻYWOTA ŚWIĘTEGO IDZIEGO GUILLAUME’A DE BERNEVILLE
FUGA MUNDI NA PRZYKŁADZIE ŻYWOTA ŚWIĘTEGO IDZIEGO GUILLAUME’A DE BERNEVILLE
(Fuga mundi on the Example of the Life of Saint Giles by Guillaume de Berneville)
- Author(s):Joanna Gorecka-Kalita
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:17-30
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:medieval hagiography; anchorite; flight from the world; sanctity; Saint Giles
- Summary/Abstract:While oriental Christianity valued mostly anchoritic life, the medieval West was more reserved towards it, preferring coenobitic forms. Yet the “Eastern hermit” remained an idealized point of reference in Western hagiography, which often tried to reconcile these two inspirations. The paper investigates the 12th century Life of Saint Giles by Guillaume de Berneville, seeing it as a typical example of such a narrative: its hero flees the world in search of salvation, but after years of solitary life ends up becoming an abbot of a prosperous monastery.
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DUCHOWE POŻYTKI Z PODRÓŻY I DIABELSKIE PUŁAPKI NA DRODZE DO ZBAWIENIA NA PRZYKŁADZIE DWÓCH TEKSTÓW Z XIII W.
DUCHOWE POŻYTKI Z PODRÓŻY I DIABELSKIE PUŁAPKI NA DRODZE DO ZBAWIENIA NA PRZYKŁADZIE DWÓCH TEKSTÓW Z XIII W.
(Spiritual Benefits of Travel and Devil’s Traps on the Way to Salvation on the Example of Two Thirteenth-century Texts)
- Author(s):Agata Sobczyk
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:31-41
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:hermit; monk; woman; sin; pride; desert
- Summary/Abstract:In two very different thirteenth-century texts, the theme of travel is treated in analogous but seemingly contradictory manner. These texts are: Life of Mary of Egypt, and Saracen Woman, a story from the collection of La vie des pères. The lesson of Life of Mary of Egypt says that it is necessary to go out, and the lesson of the Saracen Woman – that this is dangerous for the salvation of the soul. In fact, the adventure told in the second text is just as salutary as that of the first one: both characters are healed of pride. It seems, therefore, that one should always go out even when it seems it should not be done.
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SCHRONIENIE CZY PUŁAPKA? ROLA PRZESTRZENI ZAMKNIĘTEJ W XIII-WIECZNYCH OPOWIEŚCIACH O KOBIETACH UCIEKAJĄCYCH W MĘSKIM PRZEBRANIU
SCHRONIENIE CZY PUŁAPKA? ROLA PRZESTRZENI ZAMKNIĘTEJ W XIII-WIECZNYCH OPOWIEŚCIACH O KOBIETACH UCIEKAJĄCYCH W MĘSKIM PRZEBRANIU
(A Shelter or a Trap? The Role of the Closed Space in the Thirteenth-century Tales about Women Who Are Running Away Disguised as Men)
- Author(s):Joanna Augustyniak
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:43-52
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:cross-dressing; closed space; gender; sacred/secular
- Summary/Abstract:Women disguised as men usually have access to open space providing them with freedom, which traditionally men take advantage of. Some of the women, though, reach the closed spaces such as grottos or cells of a recluse, which become not only their shelter but also the place of their spiritual improvement. In a secular sphere, though, the closed room becomes a trap for the disguised woman: although she was successful in the battlefield, in the queen’s bedroom she will not be able to fulfill the role of a lover and will be forced to resign from her ambiguous identity.
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ZMYSŁOWOŚĆ WĘDROWCA: POWIEŚĆ OBERMAN SENANCOURA
ZMYSŁOWOŚĆ WĘDROWCA: POWIEŚĆ OBERMAN SENANCOURA
(The Sensuality of the Wanderer: Oberman by Senancour)
- Author(s):Joanna Ciemińska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:53-66
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:Senancour; Oberman; wandering; sensoriality; anthropology of the senses; Romanticism; 18th century; Enlightenment
- Summary/Abstract:This study examines the theme of wandering present in the correspondence of the narrator of Étienne de Senancour’s novel Oberman (1804) in connection with sensations which he has while travelling or which he relates to the journey. His attitudes towards wandering are reflected in the way he interprets the sensory input perceived while traversing the space. This research, combining literary analysis with methodological presuppositions of the anthropology of the senses, serves to show the psychological role of the physical effort for the narrator, who perceives his own sensuality as a source of knowledge of both himself and the great nature.
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POLSKA NOWELA MASUCCIA (ZBIÓR NOWEL; IL NOVELLINO, N. 42) WOBEC NARRACJI GALLA ANONIMA: MITYZACJA HISTORII Z WYGNANIEM W TLE
POLSKA NOWELA MASUCCIA (ZBIÓR NOWEL; IL NOVELLINO, N. 42) WOBEC NARRACJI GALLA ANONIMA: MITYZACJA HISTORII Z WYGNANIEM W TLE
(Polish Novella by Masuccio (Il Novellino, n. 42): Mythification of History with Exile in the Background)
- Author(s):Barbara Marczuk
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:67-85
- No. of Pages:19
- Keywords:medieval tales; epic and chronicle; mythification
- Summary/Abstract:Masuccio’s 42nd novella, narrating the story of the cruel “ Polishqueen”, is considered to be completely fictional. In my paper I put forward the thesis that the protagonist of the story is a historical figure: Judyta Maria (1047–1105), the second wife of Prince Władysław Herman. This is evidenced by the fact that Masuccio’s narrative in many points coincides with the version included in the Polish Chronicle of Gallus A nonymus. In both cases, the history of the queen, with exile as a leading motif, is subject to the procedure of mythification. The analysis of this process is based on the methodology proposed in the works of Mircea Eliade.
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FRANCUSKI PRZEKŁAD TEATRU OKRUCIEŃSTW HERETYKÓW (1588) RICHARDA VERSTEGANA – CZYLI PODRÓŻ DO WARSZTATU XVI-WIECZNEGO POLEMISTY
FRANCUSKI PRZEKŁAD TEATRU OKRUCIEŃSTW HERETYKÓW (1588) RICHARDA VERSTEGANA – CZYLI PODRÓŻ DO WARSZTATU XVI-WIECZNEGO POLEMISTY
(The French Translation of the Theatrum crudelitatum haereticorum (1588) by Richard Verstegan: A Visit to the Workshop of a Sixteenth-century Polemist)
- Author(s):Dariusz Krawczyk
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:87-100
- No. of Pages:14
- Keywords:Richard Verstegan; polemical literature; French religious wars; illustrated literature; sixteenth-century religious propaganda
- Summary/Abstract:This paper aims to understand and explain the motivations that drove Richard Verstegan to propose in one volume a double translation of his famous work Theatrum crudelitatum hereticorum nostri temporis (original edition of 1587, French translation of 1588). It will constitute a kind of visit to the workshop of a Catholic polemicist installed in Antwerp and intending his writings to be spread especially in England of Elisabeth I and in France of Henri III. It will explain that it was not only the financial, political and polemical factors which pushed the author to publish such an editorial oddity, but also the aesthetic ones, which influence the reception of the message transmitted by the book.
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CARLO GOLDONI I JEGO EGZOTYCZNA PODRÓŻ NA WSCHÓD
CARLO GOLDONI I JEGO EGZOTYCZNA PODRÓŻ NA WSCHÓD
(Carlo Goldoni and His Exotic Journey to the East)
- Author(s):Jolanta Dygul
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:101-110
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:Venice; exotic; Persia; theatre; slave; passion
- Summary/Abstract:In 1731–1766, the first edition of a multi-volume work by Thomas Salmon, an English traveler, entitled Modern History or the Present State of all Nations. Describing Their Respective Situations, Persons, Habits, Animals and Minerals (London 1717–1738), translated into Italian, was published in Venice. In one of his volumes, the author discussed the history and reality of Persia, which was later borrowed by Carlo Goldoni seeking new inspirations for his theatre repertoire. Goldoni used a lot of information from this historical source and some details were almost literally quoted in his three tragicomedies, set in this exotic country. In 1753, the playwright achieved such a great success of La sposa Persiana that following the request of the Venice audience, Goldoni wrote two more episodes in the next years: Ircana in Julfa (1756) oraz Ircanain Ispaan (1757). The Venetian audience could watch in the exotic Persian setting the adventures of a wild and passionate slave named Ircana, played by a talented Florentine actress Caterina Bresciani. The aim of the article is to show how in the text, but also on the Italian stage, the world of the Orient – fashionable in the 18th century – was reproduced and brought to life.
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UCIECZKA Z MROCZNEGO KOSZMARU, CZYLI DROGA DO WOLNOŚCI KSIĘŻNEJ C***
UCIECZKA Z MROCZNEGO KOSZMARU, CZYLI DROGA DO WOLNOŚCI KSIĘŻNEJ C***
(Escape from a Tenebrous Nightmare or the Duchess of C***’s Road to Freedom)
- Author(s):Łukasz Szkopiński
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:111-122
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:Stéphanie Félicité de Genlis; Gothic novel; French literature; imprisonment; women’s writing
- Summary/Abstract:Histoire intéressante de Madame la Duchesse de C*** (1783) by Stéphanie Félicité de Genlis, previously published as a part of Adèle et Théodore, ou Lettres sur l’éducation (1782), tells the story of an Italian aristocrat imprisoned for nine years in a castle dungeon by her jealous husband who had faked her death. The aim of the present paper is to analyze the way in which the author describes the Duchess’s long struggle in her prison, with a special emphasis put on the particularly meaningful motifs of light and darkness. The second part of the article focuses on the consequences which this traumatic experience had on the victim and her approach towards life as well as on her thoughts concerning her turbulent past, her relationship with her husband and her own mistakes.
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WYPRAWA JEANA DE LÉRY DO BRAZYLII (1557) – REALIZACJA MARZEŃ CZY PODRÓŻ STRACONYCH NADZIEI?
WYPRAWA JEANA DE LÉRY DO BRAZYLII (1557) – REALIZACJA MARZEŃ CZY PODRÓŻ STRACONYCH NADZIEI?
(The Expediton of Jean de Léry to the Land of Brazil (1557) – the Realization of Dreams or the Voyage of Lost Hopes?)
- Author(s):Dorota Szeliga
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:123-139
- No. of Pages:17
- Keywords:Jean de Lery; Brazil; Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon; sea voyage; Indians; cannibals
- Summary/Abstract:In 1578, twenty years after his return from an expedition to Antarctic America, Jean de Léry published his History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil, Also Called America. A group of Protestants from Geneva had been invited by Villegagnon, Knight of Malta to Fort Coligny in Guanabara Bay. This article is an attempt to analyze the causes that led to the failure of the French colony in Brazil. The religious conflicts that occurred on the spot, transferred from France, show how complicated the spiritual life was at the time.
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JUANA MÉNDEZA NIETO PODRÓŻ PRZEZ ŻYCIE – DYSKURS AUTOBIOGRAFICZNY MIĘDZY FIKCJĄ A RZECZYWISTOŚCIĄ
JUANA MÉNDEZA NIETO PODRÓŻ PRZEZ ŻYCIE – DYSKURS AUTOBIOGRAFICZNY MIĘDZY FIKCJĄ A RZECZYWISTOŚCIĄ
(Juan Méndez Nieto’s Journey through Life – An Autobiographical Discourse between Fiction and Reality)
- Author(s):Katarzyna Płaczek
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:141-150
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:autobiography; Discursos medicinales; Juan Méndez Nieto; journey; medicine
- Summary/Abstract:The aim of this paper is to analyse particularities of the autobiographical discourse in the first part of Medical Discourses (Discursos medicinales) by Juan Méndez Nieto. It presents the circumstances in which this unusual treatise was created, and comments on the peculiarity of its structure in terms of a possible influence of the picaresque genre, the fundamental model of autobiography in Spanish literature in the 17th century. It also focuses on the importance of the concept of a journey for the structure and interpretation of the text.
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ZIEMIA OBIECANA CZY ZIEMIA PRZEKLĘTA? OBRAZ MAROKA W LITERATURZE PODRÓŻNICZEJ KOŃCA XVIII W.
ZIEMIA OBIECANA CZY ZIEMIA PRZEKLĘTA? OBRAZ MAROKA W LITERATURZE PODRÓŻNICZEJ KOŃCA XVIII W.
(A Promised Land or a Cursed Land? The Image of Morocco in Travel Literature at the End of the 18th Century)
- Author(s):Małgorzata Sokołowicz
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:151-161
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:Morocco; travel literature; end of the 18th century; Jan Potocki; Louis de Chénier; Pierre Raymond de Brisson
- Summary/Abstract:The present paper describes the image of Morocco emerging from three texts dating from the end of the 18th century: Recherches historiques sur les Maures et Histoire de l’Empire de Maroc (1787) written by Louis de Chénier, a French consul in Morocco; Histoire du naufrage et de la captivité de M. de Brisson (1789) by Pierre Raymond de Brisson, a French officer whose ship sank on the way to Senegal and who became a hostage of Moroccan tribes; and Voyage dans l’Empire du Maroc (1892) written in French by a Polish nobleman and traveller, Jean Potocki. The first part of the paper focuses on the climate and animals of the Empire and the second on its inhabitants.
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GRAAL, ORIENT, GROTA MIŁOŚCI. PODRÓŻ, UCIECZKA I WYGNANIE W ŚREDNIOWIECZNYCH NIEMIECKICH UTWORACH LITERACKICH MAJĄCYCH FRANCUSKIE ŹRÓDŁA
GRAAL, ORIENT, GROTA MIŁOŚCI. PODRÓŻ, UCIECZKA I WYGNANIE W ŚREDNIOWIECZNYCH NIEMIECKICH UTWORACH LITERACKICH MAJĄCYCH FRANCUSKIE ŹRÓDŁA
(The Graal, the Orient, The Grotto of Love. Travel, Escape and Exile in German literature of the Middle Ages Having French Sources)
- Author(s):Joanna Godlewicz-Adamiec
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:163-180
- No. of Pages:18
- Keywords:travel; Middle Ages; French literature; German literature
- Summary/Abstract:The aim of the article is to look at the various topoi connected with travel and to consider whether the medieval idea of travel, as reflected in German texts and their French sources, contains the motif of return and to what extent such an element would help define the concept itself. The analysis concerns various types of travel: the one connected with love, with broadening one’s horizons as well as with exclusion and exile.
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PODRÓŻ DO GUIBRAY – NIE TYLKO KOMICZNA WĘDRÓWKA PO ŚWIECIE TEATRU
PODRÓŻ DO GUIBRAY – NIE TYLKO KOMICZNA WĘDRÓWKA PO ŚWIECIE TEATRU
(Journey to Guibray […] – Not Only a Comic Journey through the World of Theatre)
- Author(s):Monika Kulesza
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:181-193
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:journey; Guibray; theatre; actors; jugglers
- Summary/Abstract:In this article I briefly present the relationship between the 17th century comic novel and theatre. An example of such a work is an anonymous novel from 1704 entitled Journey to Guibray. It describes the journey and numerous adventures of two aristocrats dressed as jugglers. The meeting with travelling actors brings many references to theatre in the novel. In this article I am concentrate on the characters of real actors, the relationships between actors, quacks and jugglers, as well as reminiscences of the dispute about theatre. The journey through the world of theatre in the novel creates the impression of realism contrasting with the layer of adventure and allows the author to smoothly combine seriousness and comedy.
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PODRÓŻ JAKO POGOŃ I UCIECZKA NA PODSTAWIE WYBRANYCH POWIEŚCI MADELEINE DE SCUDÉRY: ARTAMEN, CZYLI CYRUS WIELKI ORAZ KLELIA, HISTORIA RZYMSKA
PODRÓŻ JAKO POGOŃ I UCIECZKA NA PODSTAWIE WYBRANYCH POWIEŚCI MADELEINE DE SCUDÉRY: ARTAMEN, CZYLI CYRUS WIELKI ORAZ KLELIA, HISTORIA RZYMSKA
(Journey as a Pursuit and Escape in Selected Novels of Madeleine de Scudéry (Artamène ou le Grand Cyrus, Clélie, histoire romaine))
- Author(s):Monika Malinowska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:195-204
- No. of Pages:10
- Keywords:journey; heroic romances; pursuit; escape
- Summary/Abstract:The aim of the article is to present the purpose of countless journeys in selected novels by Madeleine de Scudéry. Thanks to continuous travels, readers may discover new, unknown places and experience real ancient stories, which undoubtedly fulfills the essential role of literary creation — teaching and playing. The journey can also be a constant pursuit of the beloved woman, a defection of admirers with an abducted woman or an escape from repression. It may also be a discovery of the world for pleasure or, in case of characters in love, a reflection of their souls.
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LE VOYAGE DE CÉLINE ÉVARISTE’A PARNY’EGO, CZYLI DAREMNOŚĆ PODRÓŻY
LE VOYAGE DE CÉLINE ÉVARISTE’A PARNY’EGO, CZYLI DAREMNOŚĆ PODRÓŻY
(Parny’s The Voyage of Celine, or Futility of Travelling)
- Author(s):Ewa Kalinowska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:205-216
- No. of Pages:12
- Keywords:Parny; Voyage of Celine; travelling; customs; women
- Summary/Abstract:Évariste Parny, a forgotten yet influential eighteenth-century poet, was born on the Isle of Bourbon, and then sent to be educated in France. As an adult, he acquired some experience of cultural differences from travels back and forth to Bourbon, to Brazil and India. Although Parny travelled a lot, but either distant lands or home island never took the sheen of a paradise in his works. It seems that Parny had no deep interest in different lands and cultures. The Voyage of Celine, one of his less known works, takes the eponymous heroine to many countries in Americas, Africa and Asia, but it finally concludes that staying in France is the most valuable resolution.
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ODERWAĆ SIĘ OD ZIEMI: PODRÓŻ CZY UCIECZKA? PAŃSTWA I CESARSTWA SŁOŃCA CYRANA DE BERGERAC
ODERWAĆ SIĘ OD ZIEMI: PODRÓŻ CZY UCIECZKA? PAŃSTWA I CESARSTWA SŁOŃCA CYRANA DE BERGERAC
(Leaving the Earth: Journey or Escape? Cyrano de Bergerac’s Comical History of the States and Empires of the Sun)
- Author(s):Maja Pawłowska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:217-229
- No. of Pages:13
- Keywords:Comical History of the States and Empires of the Sun; Cyrano de Bergerac; French seventeenth-century novel; journey; escape
- Summary/Abstract:The short stay of Dyrcona on Earth after his return from the Moon, presented at the beginning of The States and Empires of the Sun, is in fact a continuous tension play between open and closed space. The closure is symbolized by a ship, the state of Colignac and Cussan and, finally, the Tower of Toulouse. The opening is symbolized by numerous journeys of the hero and his escape from the streets of Toulouse. While the rhythm of movement continues to accelerate, the journey turns into an escape and the escape into throwing (exile) in the cosmos.
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PODRÓŻ – UCIECZKA PRZED WYGNANIEM? Z KŁAMSTWA DO PRAWDY, PRZEPRAWA MARIVAUX
PODRÓŻ – UCIECZKA PRZED WYGNANIEM? Z KŁAMSTWA DO PRAWDY, PRZEPRAWA MARIVAUX
(Travelling to Escape the Exile? From a Lie to the Truth (the Case of Marivaux))
- Author(s):Izabella Zatorska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:231-246
- No. of Pages:16
- Keywords:utopia; travel; Marivaux; truth; meta-literality; Cabinet du philosophe
- Summary/Abstract:What is the danger of travelling to the True World (le Monde Vrai)? That is the travel which the narrator of some last issues of Le Cabinet du Philosophe published by Marivaux in 1734, proposes to his readers. The aim of this paper is to analyse the philosophical sense of this travel, a social and anthropological initiation, turning out to be a meta-literary utopia coming closely to auto-pastiche. For the modernists, such as Marivaux, an aesthetic deformation may be a way to find the truth. It is the ethic intention that counts.
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PODRÓŻNIK NOWEGO GATUNKU – HISTOIRE D’UN POU FRANÇOIS FRANÇOIS DELAUNEYA
PODRÓŻNIK NOWEGO GATUNKU – HISTOIRE D’UN POU FRANÇOIS FRANÇOIS DELAUNEYA
(Traveller of a New Kind – François Delauney’s Histoire d’un pou françois)
- Author(s):Przemysław Kossakowski
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:247-257
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:François Delauney; louse; French; US Independence War; travel
- Summary/Abstract:François Delauney’s Histoire d’un pou françois is a late eighteenth-century satire against the young United States, kingdoms of France and Spain, as well as the British parliamentary Whig opposition to George III’s government. A French louse travels through countries, reading people’s thoughts and blaming their vices. Delauney’s satire is also a defence of the British parliamentary monarchy against republicanism and absolutism, and, above all, a virulent lampoon on the mankind’s meanness, its vices and ambitions contrasted with the louse’s philosophical attitude.
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PODRÓŻ SENTYMENTALNA DO FRANCJI ZA CZASÓW ROBESPIERRE’A
PODRÓŻ SENTYMENTALNA DO FRANCJI ZA CZASÓW ROBESPIERRE’A
(The Sentimental Voyage to France under Robespierre)
- Author(s):Marek Mosakowski
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
- Page Range:259-269
- No. of Pages:11
- Keywords:French Revolution; Thermidor; Robespierre; François Vernes; sentimental voyage
- Summary/Abstract:The fall of Robespierre not only constitutes a major turning point in the history of the French Revolution, it also means a dramatic reorientation of the literary scene in France. A brand new genre, namely roman noir, which originated in England in the 1760s, finally reached France, stirring the recently unsettled French imagination and producing many literary works worthy of attention. This paradoxical infatuation of the French writers with English gothic and horror stories can be primarily attributed to the direful experiences of the guillotine and the Great Terror, which ravaged France with particular intensity during several momentous weeks preceding Robespierre’s spectacular demise in July of 1794. Thus literature offered a perfect vehicle for soothing the French traumatic memories of the Jacobin regime. One of such works was a semi-fictional novel by François Vernes, entitled Le voyageur sentimental en France sous Robespierre.
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