Du Paria à l’Émigré : une typologie des vagabonds post-révolutionnaires

• Authors: Hugo Sert

Title variants

EN

From the « Paria » to the « Emigré » : a typology of post-revolutionary wanderers

• Languages of publication: FR

Abstracts

EN

The « great detention » analysed by Michel Foucault shows the fear societies have of wanderers and tramps. During the wholeclassical period, political and religious elites try to lock up people who don’t have neither home nor work, thinking that they are a danger to society’s order. Arts and literature represent this threat, reinforcing the negativity of wandering and mobility in minds. However, there is a time in French history leading to question this doxa. A political revolution turns these representations round. The French Revolution changes the camp of suspicion towards wandering. Starting from 1789, old elites, ironically, find themselves out in the streets with nothing. These people, the Émigrés, are the ones creating literature during the revolutionary period. This phenomenonaffects writing at this time, and arises ethical and aesthetic questions. The texts written in exile trying to answer these questions create a new sensibility which is going to influence the minds of the 19th century.

Keywords

FR

representations of exile; French revolution; Emigration; outcast; walking; wandering

EN

representations of exile; French revolution; Emigration; outcast; walking; wandering

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II. Wydawnictwo Werset
• Journal: Quêtes littéraires
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 18-27

Dates

published

2014-12-30

Contributors

author

Hugo Sert

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/ql.4568