VOL. 60, BOOK 1, PART B, 2022, pp. 281 – 287 Full text (Bg)
Author: Ivanka Nenova
Affiliation: Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv
Abstract
Since the beginning of the 19th century, the Orient has been the subject of ever-increasing interest. Researchers and travelers describe and arrange it, accumulate their knowledge about it in the form of numerous texts. The texts of three French writers from the Romantic era – Chateaubriand, Lamartine and
Nerval – flow into this discourse dedicated to the Orient. Three books, travel notes, dedicated to distant lands, unknown cultures and the self-knowledge that every traveler achieves in the process of traveling. Ancient history, beautiful landscapes and cultural clashes that have the lands of the Levant and North
Africa as their decor.
Key words: Orient, travel, exoticism, self-knowledge, imagination
