Espacio mediterráneo y representación del otro en Un Hiver à Majorque de George Sand

  1. María Teresa Lozano Sampedro 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02f40zc51

Libro:
Mediterráneo Inter/Transcultural: el Otro, el lugar del otro, la lengua del otro
  1. Carlota Vicens-Pujol (coord.)
  2. Cristina Solé Castells (coord.)
  3. Lídia Anoll Vendrell (coord.)
  4. María Gracia Vila Mengual (coord.)

Editorial: Universidad de las Islas Baleares = Universitat de les Illes Balears

ISBN: 9788483843857

Año de publicación: 2019

Páginas: 237-252

Congreso: Asociación de Francesistas de la Universidad Española. Coloquio (26. 2017. null)

Tipo: Aportación congreso

Resumen

The trope of “the trip”, a recurrent theme in George Sand’s narrative, is particularly relevant in Un Hiver à Majorque (1842), a novel of great complexity and considerable originality within 19th-century travel writing. The narrative is a compendium of reflections and impressions which create a dialectic between autobiography and fiction while considering, from the very beginning, the anthropological aspect of the account of travelling. In this novel, the Other is perceived and portrayed as tinged with alternating elements of light and shadow, and most of the anecdotes are depicted from a negative point of view. However, it is the evocation of the landscape from a pictorial perspective which triggers the writing process. The beauty of the trees, of the minerals, and a fascination with the sea instils colour and light into the grey days to come. This paper contends that Sand’s recounting of her trip to Majorca, as can be observed in her autobiographical novels, casts some light on her experience in this Balearic island, where she learnt to listen to nature’s voice.