1. Jens Kirk, Dept. of Languages and Culture Textanalysis Tekstanalysis and History Session Seven Travel Writing: Robert Louis Stevenson

2. Jens Kirk, Dept. of Languages and Culture Textanalysis Agenda Summary of Session Six Travel writing and allegory Victorian travel Group Work: R. L. Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cevenne

3. Jens Kirk, Dept. of Languages and Culture Textanalysis Summary of Session Six Paul Fussel’s concept of displaced romance: Quest Pastoral Picaresque

4. Jens Kirk, Dept. of Languages and Culture Textanalysis Travel writing and allegory Allegory: primary and secondary orders of signification Travelling = living and dying (life is a journey) Travelling = reading and writing (what is suggested about the activities of reading and writing?)

5. Jens Kirk, Dept. of Languages and Culture Textanalysis Intertextuality Stevenson’s dedication Intertextuality and allegory John Bunyan, The Pilgrims Progress (1678)

6. Jens Kirk, Dept. of Languages and Culture Textanalysis Romantic and Victorian travel Tourists, travellers, and explorers Ruins Landscapes

7. Jens Kirk, Dept. of Languages and Culture Textanalysis Group work: R. L. Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cevenne Outline the uses of fictional elements: Comic novel (Does Stevenson use comic anomalies? How and Why?) Romance (how and why are the romance elements used?) Quest Pastoral Picaresque Allegory (Of reading? Of writing? Of life?) Outline the uses of non- fictional elements Essay (is Stevenson making a moral point?) Memoir: Do we learn something about famous people and places? Autobiography: Do we learn something about Stevenson’s life