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Grèce rêvée, Grèce vécue : étude croisée des récits de voyage de Jacques Lacarrière et Zbigniew Herbert
| Summary: | Jacques Lacarrière's and Zbigniew Herbert's trips to Greece, which remained imaginary for a long time, take place in 1947 and 1964, in a historical context that makes the discovery of the "imaginary homeland" both uncertain and compelling. Guided by the desire to confront the imaginary with reality through travel, the two authors are also careful to give an account of their experience, which can be disconcerting or exciting. If it sometimes takes the form of a pilgrimage to places dreamed of, studied and often idealized, the real journey is also an opportunity to rediscover Greece. Far from the idealized representations usually centred around antiquity in Western culture, Greece reveals itself to the two writers in its three-thousand-year-old history. But Lacarrière and Herbert's travels also reflect the European history of the time - between the Cold War and the questioning of Western supremacy through decolonisation. |
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| Subject: | récit de voyage Grèce imaginaires Greece travel narrative Herbert (Zbigniew) Lacarrière (Jacques) imaginaries |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | journal article |
| Access type: | Open |
| Associated institution: | Carnets, Revista Electrónica de Estudos Franceses |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | Carnets, Revista Electrónica de Estudos Franceses |
| Summary: | Jacques Lacarrière's and Zbigniew Herbert's trips to Greece, which remained imaginary for a long time, take place in 1947 and 1964, in a historical context that makes the discovery of the "imaginary homeland" both uncertain and compelling. Guided by the desire to confront the imaginary with reality through travel, the two authors are also careful to give an account of their experience, which can be disconcerting or exciting. If it sometimes takes the form of a pilgrimage to places dreamed of, studied and often idealized, the real journey is also an opportunity to rediscover Greece. Far from the idealized representations usually centred around antiquity in Western culture, Greece reveals itself to the two writers in its three-thousand-year-old history. But Lacarrière and Herbert's travels also reflect the European history of the time - between the Cold War and the questioning of Western supremacy through decolonisation. |
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