THE THREAD OF ‘BEING’: ON MOTION AND WONDER IN “CHILDE HAROLD’S PILGRIMAGE”
THE THREAD OF ‘BEING’: ON MOTION AND WONDER IN “CHILDE HAROLD’S PILGRIMAGE”
Author(s): Andra Irina PorumbeanuSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Foreign languages learning, Poetry, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Philology, Theory of Literature, Stylistics, British Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: space; existential sentences; Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage; travel writing; nature;
Summary/Abstract: The present paper is meant to draw the reader’s attention to Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage in order to highlight the mastery demonstrated by Lord Byron in capturing presence, fluidity and the sublime. This is achieved, among other well documented characteristics of the poem, by means of existential (there-BE) and presentative (there-V) sentences, whose structural properties and frequency renders them syntactically central. It is proposed that, precisely due to their centrality, these constructions not only weave an invisible thread linking the four cantos of the poem but also lend balance and beauty which may not have been conveyed had other devices been employed.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2025
- Issue No: 40
- Page Range: 543-550
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
