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Travelogues in intercultural exchanges: the representation of Italy in Oumei manyou riji

Travelogues in intercultural exchanges: the representation of Italy in Oumei manyou riji

The intercultural exchanges between Europe and Asia have a long and rich history; travelogues and diaries played an especially significant role in the process, at a later phase, for a variety of reasons. The focus of this research is a recognition of these representations in texts composed during Republican China (1912-1949), focusing in particular on Oumei manyou riji [Diary of a journey in Europe and the United States], composed by Chen Yifu (1869-1948) and his son Chen Dayou (dates unknown), a text that was never studied before.

“The rare unity of poetry with science”. Codici letterari e pittorici nel Diary of The Voyage of the Beagle di Charles Darwin

Il saggio indaga la presenza di codici letterari e pittorici nel Diary di Charles Darwin relative al suo viaggio in Sudamerica a bordo della Beagle; si colloca quindi nel contesto degli studi sul rapporto tra letteratura, arte e scienza che anima il dibattito critico degli ultimi decenni, e in particolare non tanto sui riflessi che le teorie darwiniane hanno avuto in campo letterario , quanto sulle influenze che arte e letteratura hanno avuto su Darwin.

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