Exploring World Travel Literature : History and Evolution of Travel Writings

Author(s)	Ms. KM TINKAL GUPTA
Country	India
Abstract	One of the great and very adaptive forms of World literature travel literature which includes not only true travel accounts but also studies of culture, history, and ideology. Travel writing has been in a constant state of change in response to global human movement of people, power, and ideas, from prehistoric pilgrimages and medieval explorations to colonial reports and postcolonial responses. This paper looks at the literary, cultural, and political value of travel writings as they developed through time across cultures. In terms of reflecting cross-cultural exchange and human curiosity. We see how travel narratives evolved from simple facts to that of ethnographic and spiritual study.
Keywords	prehistoric pilgrimages, postcolonial, Ideology, culture and ethnographic
Field	Arts
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 3, May-June 2026
Published On	2026-05-11

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