Les représentations de l’Arctique dans L’Épave du Cynthia de Jules Verne et d’André Laurie
The Salvage from the Cynthia by Jules Verne et André Laurie is a geographical novel whose main characters perform in Arctic waters. It was written during a period of scientific discoveries and polar expeditions, which inspired both writers. The article deals with the novel’s hybrid aspect between re...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | German English French Italian Portuguese |
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Unité Mixte de Recherche 8504 Géographie-cités
2020
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/498d444313d7427d8935a856ce452938 |
| Summary: | The Salvage from the Cynthia by Jules Verne et André Laurie is a geographical novel whose main characters perform in Arctic waters. It was written during a period of scientific discoveries and polar expeditions, which inspired both writers. The article deals with the novel’s hybrid aspect between reality and fantasy and studies the major role of Arctic landscapes in the novel through the analysis of the lexical field dedicated to sea ice and the geographical representations of these landscapes in the 19th century. |
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