L’imaginaire halluciné
Hallucinated imaginary
The other vision of adventure in Au cœur des ténèbres and Voyage au bout de la nuit
Author(s): Isabelle BenguiguiSubject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Classiques Garnier
Keywords: Imagination; hallucinating writing; poetics of vision; colonial Africa; contemporary adventure story
Summary/Abstract: Joseph Conrad and Louis-Ferdinand Céline’s project can readily be defined as poetics of vision. The novella written in English, Heart of Darkness (1899) and the French novel, Journey to the End of the Night (1932) share a hallucinating view of colonial Africa. Their perceptive and unprecedented surreality transforms the real-life experience into a demystifying picture of the human soul. This study examines the tenor and purpose of the critical imagination that subverts and redefines the codes of the contemporary adventure story.
Journal: ALKEMIE. Revue semestrielle de littérature et philosophie
- Issue Year: 2/2017
- Issue No: 20
- Page Range: 127-150
- Page Count: 26
- Language: French
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