The Roman d’Énéas: Stranger Varieties on the Path of Exile

Abstract

In the Roman d'Enéas the protagonist, after his Virgilian model, follows his myth-ical non-return path to exile, his journey being assumed as the beginning of the adventure as well as a sine qua non condi-tion for the foundation. The repeated ordeals faced by the hero at each stage of his travel towards a new terra incognita provoke anguish, which constitutes the basis of his initiation while his charisma grows. The textual point of view on En-éas's existential experience from the per-spective of the inclusion/exclusion ambiv-alence confirms his status as a forreigner, and means real conflict both social and psychological, but foremost represents a major theme contributing to the building of the fiction character and to the emerg-ing definition of a new genre.