Du voyageur à la reporter, des proximités variables

Comparing Arthur Buies’s travel in California and Gabrielle Roy's articles on western Canada, this paper explores the different purposes of intimacy in travel writing published in newspapers and in the genre of reportage, two genres historically linked. Travelers and journalists such as Buies o...

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Main Author: Charlotte Biron
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Published: Université de Liège 2018-04-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/contextes/6425
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description Comparing Arthur Buies’s travel in California and Gabrielle Roy's articles on western Canada, this paper explores the different purposes of intimacy in travel writing published in newspapers and in the genre of reportage, two genres historically linked. Travelers and journalists such as Buies or Roy use an autobiographical « I » establishing a sense of intimacy in counterpoint with the travel contingencies, the outside and the various encounters with strangers. With the rise of news and mass media, however, the reporter develops a different relationship with his subject from the ones the traveler had. In her articles, Roy tries to bring the reader closer to the people she meets and describes, whereas Buies rather isolates himself throughout his journey remaining as close as possible to his reader. Their comparison reveals the reconfiguration of the relationship between the journalist, the readership and alterity at the turn of the century.
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Du voyageur à la reporter, des proximités variables
Contextes
Autobiographie
Presse et littérature
Reportage
Journal
Buies (Arthur)
Roy (Gabrielle)
title Du voyageur à la reporter, des proximités variables
title_full Du voyageur à la reporter, des proximités variables
title_fullStr Du voyageur à la reporter, des proximités variables
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title_short Du voyageur à la reporter, des proximités variables
title_sort du voyageur a la reporter des proximites variables
topic Autobiographie
Presse et littérature
Reportage
Journal
Buies (Arthur)
Roy (Gabrielle)
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