Romance and Reality : Perception of Bohemia in French Literature, middle ages - XIXth century

Abstract

The formation of a picture of Bohemia through travelogues, articls, novels and historical writings. To determine the impact which such readings may have had on the popular imagination of France.

To present a summary of the testimonies of Bohemia and its history in French literature. To contribute both to comparative literature and to exchanges between Western and Central Europe (in this case, France and Bohemia).

Keywords

• Bohemia
• imagologie
• Voltaire
• Mme de Staël
• Chateaubriand
• J.-J. Ampère
• le vicomte de Vogüé
• Geroge Sand
• Elémir Bourges
• Saint-René Taillandier
• Louis Leger