Drawing on the analysis of travelogues and creative non-fiction by migrant subjects, this essay explores the multifaceted symbolic and metaphorical patterns of the quest motif, intended both as an anthropological urge for discovery and knowledge and as a more intimate psychological need to reshape identity and come to terms with the past and present.

The Quest Motif in the Travelogues and Memoirs of Migrant Writers.

Saidero, D.
2021-01-01

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Drawing on the analysis of travelogues and creative non-fiction by migrant subjects, this essay explores the multifaceted symbolic and metaphorical patterns of the quest motif, intended both as an anthropological urge for discovery and knowledge and as a more intimate psychological need to reshape identity and come to terms with the past and present.
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