Travel writing is often associated with tourism, and includes works of an ephemeral nature such as guide books and reviews, with the intent being to educate the reader about the destination, provide helpful advice for those visiting the destination, and inspire readers to travel to the destination. The genre encompasses a number of styles that may range from the documentary to the evocative, from literary to journalistic, and from the humorous to the serious. On one level, Travels appears to be a travel narrative and the subtext. When dealing with a multi-genre text like Gulliver ‘s Travels, criticism can easily lock the book into one particular category. Travel writing is a genre that has, as its focus, accounts of real or imaginary places. It is at once a parodic treatment of travel writing and a satirical exploration of politics, colonialism, human characteristics and human ideals.
Book of travels genres series#
Witch Week (part of the Chrestomanci series-there are a couple of books in this series that bop about between worlds. The term "travel" originates from the Old French word travail. Diana Wynne Jones has a couple of books where people travel between worlds. Travel writing is often associated with tourism, and includes works of an ephemeral nature such as guide books and reviews, with the Travel is the movement of people or objects (such as airplanes, boats, trains and other conveyances) between relatively distant geographical locations.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12. The genre encompasses a number of styles that may range from the documentary to the evocative, from literary to journalistic, and from the humorous to the serious. 1 - African Travel Writing: Genres of Writing and Forms of Travel. Travel writing is a genre that has, as its focus, accounts of real or imaginary places. The term "travel" originates from the Old French word travail. Travel is the movement of people or objects (such as airplanes, boats, trains and other conveyances) between relatively distant geographical locations. This great adventure story, fable and satire has entertained and confounded readers for the better part of three centuries.
0 kommentar(er)
