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Telemachus (Greek mythology) -- Fiction Books
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François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon
Les aventures de Télémaque suivies des aventures d'Aristonoüs
"Les aventures de Télémaque suivies des aventures d'Aristonoüs" by Fénelon is a didactic novel written in the 1690s and first published in 1699. The work follows young Télémaque, guided by Mentor—actually the goddess Minerva in disguise—through adventures across Mediterranean lands including Sicily, Egypt, and Phoenicia. Through these travels, the story serves as both moral instruction and political treatise, presenting ideals of governance that contemporaries read as veiled criticism of Louis XIV's absolutism. The novel profoundly influenced Enlightenment philosophy.
Aragon
Les aventures de Télémaque
"Les aventures de Télémaque" by Aragon is a novel published in 1922. This Dadaist pastiche reimagines Fénelon's classical work through a radical lens, blending eighteenth-century adventure with avant-garde experimentation. Following Telemachus and Mentor on the island of Ogygia, Aragon fractures the original's quest for virtue into a chaotic, self-referential narrative punctuated by manifestos, anachronisms, and typographical disruptions. The work questions originality itself, incorporating uncredited borrowings and autobiographical elements while chronicling the author's experience during Paris's Dada movement.
François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon
Las aventuras de Telémaco seguidas de las de Aristonoo
"Las aventuras de Telémaco seguidas de las de Aristonoo" by Fénelon is a didactic novel written between 1694 and 1697. Inspired by Homer's Odyssey, it follows young Telemachus as he searches for his father Ulysses across the Greek world, accompanied by his tutor Mentor—secretly the goddess Minerva in disguise. Through their travels across Sicily, Egypt, Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Crete, the novel presents ethical discourses on the art of governing, containing sharp criticism of authoritarian rule that sparked immediate controversy upon its unauthorized publication in 1699.
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