Andre Gide and Curiosity

2010 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-116
Author(s):  
J. Van Tuyl
Keyword(s):  
Andre Gide ◽  
André Gide

Portrait of André Gide. A Critical Biography

Books Abroad ◽  
1954 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 222
Author(s):  
Willis H. Bowen ◽  
Justin O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
Andre Gide ◽  
André Gide

scholarly journals André Gide et la mise en scène textuelle

1978 ◽  
Vol 14 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Martine Léonard
Keyword(s):  
Andre Gide ◽  
Mise En Scene ◽  
André Gide

Andre Gide y Paul Claudel Frente a Frente

1954 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Edward Sarmiento ◽  
Jose Vila Selma
Keyword(s):  
Andre Gide ◽  
Paul Claudel ◽  
André Gide

Andre Gide and Brazil

Hispania ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 436
Author(s):  
Martha O'Nan
Keyword(s):  
Andre Gide ◽  
André Gide

scholarly journals Obsessed with Politics : Positions and interventions in Narratives of Travels in Black Africa by André Gide, Albert Londres and Michel Leiris

Viatica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank ESTELMANN
Keyword(s):  
Personal Experience ◽  
Colonial Rule ◽  
Andre Gide ◽  
Black Africa ◽  
Political Debates ◽  
Michel Leiris ◽  
Literary Forms ◽  
Institutional Aspects ◽  
André Gide

The three authors and travelers studied in this paper (Albert Londres, André Gide, Michel Leiris) speak out against colonialism. They are critical of its effects in the context of late European colonial rule in black Africa during the late 1920s and early 1930s. For various reasons however, ranging from institutional aspects to personal sensibilities, it was undesirable to interfere in political debates. Hence, the reluctance to subscribe to the role of early intellectuals and public watchmen. They justified their outspokenness with their personal experience as travelers and the urgency of the matter they discussed. It can be shown that the literary forms that resulted from this situation (grand reportage, literary travel log, ethnographic journal) modernized the genre of travel writing in a critical moment of its evolution.

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