Mesurer l’horizon de son pas. La marche dans l’écriture (XVIIIe-XXIe)

Abstract

Our article talks about what is known in sociological terms as itinérance: the Walk. A Walk in nature has, just like walking, its own literary and linguistic expressions. Many writers, from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to our modern day, when addressing the concept of Wilderness, have addressed what "Walking on foot" signifies. This document aims to give body to the word "Walk": to understand its new clothes (sport Walking, extreme Walking, cultural Walking) and to investigate what the word really means as well as how it has been used historically, socially and culturally.

Keywords

• walking
• literature
• nature
• discourse
• writing