VOL. 53, BOOK 1, PART В, 2015, pp. 239 – 250 Full text (Fr)

Author: Maya Timеnova-Koen

Affiliation: Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv

Abstract

This paper is meant to analyze the otherness (psychological and cultural) and the perception of Japan in Nicolas Bouvier’s book Le vide et le plein, Carnets du Japon 1964 – 1970. We have focussed on the meeting of Japanese and Occidental mentality and habits during the second writer’s trip in Japan.

Key words: meeting of otherness, perception of otherness, identity, mentality,culture, psychology, spirit of community, perfectionism