New Discoveries and Literature : from Travelogue to Scientific Dialogue – Peregrinação and Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes

Authors

  • Ji-young Huh Université de Séoul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17398/1888-4067.11_1.13

Keywords:

Pinto, Fontenelle, science, new discoveries, imagination

Abstract

Science and literature are often considered two completely different
fields, however, their relationship is much closer than we imagine.
Reading Pinto’s Peregrinação and Fontenelle’s Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes, we can see that the experiences and imaginations
aroused by the discovery of new territories and other scientific discoveries or inventions, invite the reader to a type of dialogue in
essence, a new way of thinking. A closer reading of these works
would allow us to clarify the relationship between science and literature, and to identify aspects in common provoked by the new discoveries of the era of the Scientific Revolution.

References

Textes:
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Pinto (1645) : Fernão Mendes Pinto, Les voyages advantureux de Fernand Mendez Pinto, fidellement traduits de portugais en françois par le sieur Bernard Figuier, Paris: A. Cotinet et I. Roger.
Fontenelle (2013) : Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Œuvres complètes, t.1, Paris : Honoré-Champion.
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Published

07/16/2022

How to Cite

Huh, J.- young. (2022). New Discoveries and Literature : from Travelogue to Scientific Dialogue – Peregrinação and Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes. Limite. Revista De Estudios Portugueses Y De La lusofonía, 11(1), 13-23. https://doi.org/10.17398/1888-4067.11_1.13