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Re: Graffiti in Verne

From: Art Evans <aevans2~at~tds.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 07:57:01 -0700
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

Here are some others:

The passengers of LE CHANCELLOR wrote their names on the wall of a cave when
their ship was grounded for a while (chap. XXI).

In HATTERAS, there are several instances of such "markings"--not only the
one mentioned by Garmt, but also "EI 1849" in chapter XV (from their
predecessors, the "Entreprise" and the "Investigator") as well as the plaque
of black marble left on Beechey Island to the memory of Franklin, Crozier,
and Fitz-James (chap. XX).

And there's the "carnet" left behind by Docteur Johausen in LE VILLAGE
AERIEN (chap. VII).

This very rich motif of "following in the footsteps of those who had gone
before" (who left markers behind charting the way) seems omnipresent in
Verne's works.

Best,
Art

--- Original Message -----
From: "Garmt de Vries" <G.deVries~at~phys.uu.nl>
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 5:07 AM
Subject: Re: Graffiti in Verne


> > I'm compiling a catalogue of examples of "graffiti" in Verne. I use the
> > term in a broad sense, to mean a signature or a message inscribed or
> > written on a surface where one would not normally expect to find writing
> > -- especially a signature of the writer. (In contemporary graffiti
> > culture, this person would be called the "tagger".)
>
> - The initials A.D. (Andrea Debono) seen by Fergusson in Cinq Semaines.
>
> - The text carved in a rock at the North Pole in Hatteras.
>
> - The initials S.V. (Samuel Vernon) found on the trunk of a sycamore at
> the river bank in Un Capitaine de 15 Ans.
>
> - The texts written by Nordenskjold, Tudor Brown and Schwaryenkrona at the
> end of Epave du Cynthia.
>
> - Would you count the message attached to the flagpole in Deux Ans de
> Vacances?
>
> - The message left under a rock by Hodge Urrican in Testament d'un
> Excentrique.
>
> ... and I'm sure I missed a few. You may also find examples "hidden" in an
> illustration, but I can't think of any right now.
>
> Epitaphs, crosses etc. don't count, I think?
>
> Best regards,
> Garmt.
>
> PS This would have been a nice question for my rare entries contest! :)
>
Received on Wed 23 Jun 2004 - 09:58:10 IDT

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