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David Ravet ( Université Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle, France )
Travelling and Emigration to New York City in French Literature and American
Art in the Twentieth Century
Our lecture concerns travelling and emigration to New York City in French literature,
in particular in the fi rst part of the twentieth century. It is based on the studies of
“Pâques à New York” writt en by Cendrars and on extracts from Bardamu’s American
trip in Voyage au bout de la nuit by Céline. We use an interartistic approach comparing
the travelling texts to American paintings of the 1910’s. An “avant garde” style of
social painting, the Ash Can School was born in the United States with painters such
as John Sloan and Everett Shin who wanted to denounce the emigrants’ wretched
situation in New York. Th is lecture will be divided into two parts : New York and
the dream of America in Cendrars and Céline’s writings, and the representation of
emigrants to the New World in French Literature and the Ash Can School.
Email ravetdavid73@yahoo.fr
Section Emigration and Exile
Panel 65
Date July 30
Time 13 :15
Location k l 29/208