Our study focuses on the theme of the desert in the works of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. A landscape that the author actually experienced as well as a metaphorical space, the desert is a condition that takes on multiple meanings, as it evokes a network of diverse experiences for human consciousness: from deprivation to fulfillment, from loss to transformation. We will consider this question particularly in the novels Night Flight, Wind, Sand and Stars, Letter to a Hostage, and The Little Prince, which mark Saint-Exupéry's literary production from the 1930s to the beginning of the Second World War. Our interest lies in observing how the approaches and representations of this imaginary are repeated and renewed across the different works over time, in order to provide, through our analysis, an interpretive prism for this complex theme.
Notre étude porte sur le thème du désert dans l’œuvre d’Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Paysage réellement expérimenté par l’auteur ainsi qu’espace métaphorique, il est une condition qui prend plusieurs significations, comme elle suscite une réseau d’expériences diverses pour la conscience humaine: du dénuement à la plénitude, de l’égarement à la conversion. Nous allons prendre en considération cette question en particulier pour les romans Vol de Nuit, Terre des Hommes, Lettre à Un Otage et Le Petit Prince, qui marquent la production littéraire de Saint-Exupéry des années ‘30 jusqu'au début de la deuxième guerre mondiale. Notre intérêt est d’observer comment les approches et les représentations de cet imaginaire se répètent et se renouvellent dans les différentes œuvres au cours du temps, pour restituer avec notre analyse un prisme d’interprétation pour cette thématique complexe.
"L'imaginaire du désert dans l'oeuvre d'Antoine de Saint-Exupéry"
FARINA, MASSIMO
2024/2025
Abstract
Our study focuses on the theme of the desert in the works of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. A landscape that the author actually experienced as well as a metaphorical space, the desert is a condition that takes on multiple meanings, as it evokes a network of diverse experiences for human consciousness: from deprivation to fulfillment, from loss to transformation. We will consider this question particularly in the novels Night Flight, Wind, Sand and Stars, Letter to a Hostage, and The Little Prince, which mark Saint-Exupéry's literary production from the 1930s to the beginning of the Second World War. Our interest lies in observing how the approaches and representations of this imaginary are repeated and renewed across the different works over time, in order to provide, through our analysis, an interpretive prism for this complex theme.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12608/83419