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Travelogue

Meaning in literature, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In literature, travelogue means: A narrative account of journeys and the places encountered.

In Turkish: gezi anlatısı, seyahatname

How it is used

Use for travel writing that combines observation, experience and narrative voice.

Example sentences

  1. Her travelogue describes the mountain villages through meals shared with local families.

    Meals become a way to organize observations about the places visited.

  2. The reviewer praised the travelogue but questioned its romantic view of isolation.

    The review separates vivid description from the writer's attitude.

Common collocations

  • write a travelogue
  • illustrated travelogue
  • nonfictionWriting about real people, events and facts, such as biographies, memoirs, essays, history and travel books.
  • narratorThe voice that tells the story to the reader. It may be a character in the story or an outside voice, and it is not the same as the author.

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