Open AccessTowards a Poetics of Failed Journeys. A Few Examples from the 16th Century
Author(s) -
Marie-Christine Gómez-Géraud
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
viatica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2275-0827
DOI - 10.52497/viatica1421
Subject(s) - poetics , humanities , face (sociological concept) , art , poetry , philosophy , literature , linguistics
The article raises the following question: what is indeed a complete journey? The outcome of the trip which does not necessarily coincide with the moment of return, but perhaps with the writing of the story itself. Three cases are considered here: that of pilgrims aspiring to face-to-face with God; that of Léry’s story, never brought to end; that of Jacques Cartier which questions the paradigm of the explorer.