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Y Name Course Professor Date Literary Construction of Johnson , Smollett , and Sterne Travelogues Objectives The objective of this discussion is to read and understand the travelogues written by Samuel Johnson A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland Tobias George Smollett Travels through France and Italy and

Laurence Stern A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy Each travelogue covers a section that exhibit similarities with the other two travelogues . The remainder of this discussion will look into these sections with the purpose of determining similar aspects , perspectives , and structures in terms of the factual or fictional construction of information . In to develop efficiently rational assumptions and arguments , the narrative model developed by Gerard Genette will be employed to analyze the discourses Similarities of the Travelogues based on Genette s Narrative Discourse Model The most interesting section to explore within the three travelogues would be the initial sections or chapters wherein the authors began to develop the foundations of their thoughts and experiences about their travel . The first few paragraphs of Johnson s book were about his reminiscence of his long-lived desire to visit Hebrides in Scotland followed then by a narrative of his journey to the place began . Johnson...