L’exotisme de l’Ouest américain, vu par quelques auteurs : Chateaubriand, James Fenimore Cooper et Gustave Aimard

Abstract

Travel literature knew a particular journey during the period from the eighteenth to the nineteenth century, which was marked by recurring expeditions in America. Our work revolves around the stories produced by three frequent travellers namely, René de Chateaubriand, Gustave Aimard and Fenimore Cooper. The discovery of the others, customs and traditions of Indian and spaces suggesting a "wild" life where the exotic is in the heart of writing are the themes that are shared in common by the authors’ kings travellers. Not only the geographical location, but also the eras of the three authors have given the grounds for reflection on a comparative literature through which the narrator's speech and those mythical figures are subject to an enunciative analysis that revealed significant indicators of identity relations and otherness.