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Gerard de Nerval, who was a great French writer in the first half of the nineteenth century, created a new innovation in the literary genre of this century by publishing his book Journey to East(1851). During his age, journey in literature had put on a new face, and it should be mentioned that several works had been published in this field. But Nerval, who had been influenced by English and German writers, and had studied several works related to the journeys of writers, decided to take away the monotonous manner in writing concrete itinerary, and be the sponsor of a new literary genre, which have had its special position in point of view of literature. He spent seven years for writing his great work, and was to fulfil his goal, that is the significance and importance of journey in literature through writing novel. In this article we will see how his great work has generated in point of view of literature.