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20 juin 2017
- doi: 10.4000/books.pufr.4216
- isbn: 9782869062009
- eisbn: 9782869065031
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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literature English literature visual perception perception visuelle littérature littérature de langue anglaise Multidisciplinary Literature (General) LIT000000 DSCiter ce document
Nancy Pedri, « Showing the Places you Tell: Visual Evidence in Travel Writing », Presses universitaires François-Rabelais, ID : 10.4000/books.pufr.4216
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I. Evidential Truth Travel writing is a literary genre that purports to present a truthful account of a particular journey and place. Regulated by a selfdeclared obligation to be factual, travel writing is marked with the recognition and the responsibility of truth. It is characterised by factual truth-claims - that is, text-intrinsic declarations by the author claiming to relate a historical truth through a faithful recording or reporting on a journey and a foreign land. The writer’s declare...