An unwritten Tristes Tropiques: Claude Lévi-Strauss and Joseph Conrad

Marek  Pacukiewicz

An unwritten Tristes Tropiques: Claude Lévi-Strauss and Joseph Conrad

Data publikacji: 12.01.2012

Yearbook of Conrad Studies, 2011, Vol. VI, s. 43 - 56

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843941YC.11.005.0029

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An unwritten Tristes Tropiques: Claude Lévi-Strauss and Joseph Conrad

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In an interview with Didier Eribon, Claude Lévi-Strauss admitted that he wished he had written Joseph Conrad’s books. It seems that once he even started writing a “Conradian” novel entitled Tristes Tropiques, but the only known fragment of this novel would seem to be the description of a sunset, which has become part of another book of the same title containing reminiscences from his journeys. In what way, then, did Conrad infl uence this unusual book by Lévi-Strauss? There are certainly similarities between the works of both writers. Apart from a similarity of literary form and cultural substance, we can fi nd a unique “optical experience” (Dariusz Czaja) in their descriptions of sunsets, which I interpret as a substructure of their studies of the world, culture and human knowledge.

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cultural anthropology, Conrad studies, Tristes Tropiques

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Informacje: Yearbook of Conrad Studies, 2011, Vol. VI, s. 43 - 56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/20843941YC.11.005.0029

Typ artykułu: Oryginalny artykuł naukowy

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Marek Pacukiewicz

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9420-1107

Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach
ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Polska

Publikacja: 12.01.2012

Status artykułu: Otwarte

Licencja: Żadna

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