Journal | Il Tolomeo
Journal issue | 17 | 2015
Research Article | L’empreinte à Crusoé di Patrick Chamoiseau

L’empreinte à Crusoé di Patrick Chamoiseau

L’avventura ‘interiore’ di un Robinson del XXI secolo

Abstract

The article analyses the novel L’empreinte à Crusoé by the martinican writer Patrick Chamoiseau published on 2012 by Gallimard. The passage aims to relate the novel to a tradition of literary representations of the myth of Robinson Crusoe and to find out its own peculiarities. The introduction shows the different interpretations of the myth throughout the centuries and focuses on some of its most important literary representations in the 20th century including authors of the French literature (Michel Tournier, Bruno Bontempelli), belgian (Gaston Compère) and the postcolonial (John-Maxwell Coetzee). Afterwards the essay examines the novel within the author’s whole literary production and highlights themes and meanings that recur. This interesting and original work not only can be included in the tradition of the robinsonnades but also assumes a relevant worth in the author’s poetic and aesthetic evolution.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Published Dec. 31, 2015 | Language: it

Keywords Robinson Crusoe, Myth, Robinsonnades, Patrick Cham

Copyright © 2015 Anna Vitali. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.14277/2499-5975/Tol-17-15-5


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