نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسنده English
Geocriticism is an approach in the field of comparative literature that examines the interaction between geographical spaces and their reflection in literary texts. This geocentered approach puts the place in the center of focus and explores the diverse views around a place whit taking advantages of the principle of multifocalization. Travelogues are among the richest sources of reflection in referral spaces. In this context, there is always a challenge between referral places and mental images of travel writers. As the geography of the real and urban maps are effective in understanding a place, the geography of the imaginary and mental images also play a constructive and complementary role in this context. The Paris has been a prominently in numerous travelogues; the authors have represented it whit endogenous, exogenous and allogeneous perspectives. Relying on the Geocriticism of Bertrand Westphal's theories and focusing on the perspectives of both French and non-French travelers-writers from diverse cultural backgrounds, this article analyzes the city of Paris in four travelogues in the period from the second half of 19th century to the early 20th century: A Foreigner’s Impressions of Paris: visiting the universal exhibition in 1855, The Travelogue of Hadj Sayyah to Europe, Paris Travel Diaries and Travelogue of Bukhara’s treasures. Using a descriptive-analytical method, the present study focuses on Paris to investigate the textual layers formed around the principal islands that constitute the city’s image in the narrative world as well as the dynamics of human spaces within their intertextual relations. Furthermore, this study investigate how the travelers-writers interact with Paris through polysensory and stratigraphy experiences.
کلیدواژهها English