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
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
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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