De la terreur à la pitié : les anticipations de Marcel Schwob et de Paul Adam

« La Terreur future », by Marcel Schwob, and Le Conte futur, by Paul Adam, both written at the beginning of the last decade of the nineteenth century, reflect the turbulent climate of those years by presenting conflicts that could happen in a rather vague future. While taking into account the differ...

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Main Author: Anita Staroń
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université du Sud Toulon-Var 2018-12-01
Series:Babel : Littératures Plurielles
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/babel/5989
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spelling doaj-54b8bc45e0e44eefaec836a9ac6e91d52020-11-25T00:06:19ZengUniversité du Sud Toulon-VarBabel : Littératures Plurielles1277-78972263-47462018-12-0138698210.4000/babel.5989De la terreur à la pitié : les anticipations de Marcel Schwob et de Paul AdamAnita Staroń« La Terreur future », by Marcel Schwob, and Le Conte futur, by Paul Adam, both written at the beginning of the last decade of the nineteenth century, reflect the turbulent climate of those years by presenting conflicts that could happen in a rather vague future. While taking into account the differences between the two texts, our analysis focuses on the similarities in the presentation of these conflicts. It seems, in particular, that the founding principle of the Double Heart is applied in both Schwob’s and Adam’s tales ; but this passage from terror to pity only partially follows the same path. Can we nevertheless conclude that the two texts are optimistic ? That is also the question this study means to answer.http://journals.openedition.org/babel/5989terrorpityspeculative story
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De la terreur à la pitié : les anticipations de Marcel Schwob et de Paul Adam
Babel : Littératures Plurielles
terror
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speculative story
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title De la terreur à la pitié : les anticipations de Marcel Schwob et de Paul Adam
title_short De la terreur à la pitié : les anticipations de Marcel Schwob et de Paul Adam
title_full De la terreur à la pitié : les anticipations de Marcel Schwob et de Paul Adam
title_fullStr De la terreur à la pitié : les anticipations de Marcel Schwob et de Paul Adam
title_full_unstemmed De la terreur à la pitié : les anticipations de Marcel Schwob et de Paul Adam
title_sort de la terreur à la pitié : les anticipations de marcel schwob et de paul adam
publisher Université du Sud Toulon-Var
series Babel : Littératures Plurielles
issn 1277-7897
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publishDate 2018-12-01
description « La Terreur future », by Marcel Schwob, and Le Conte futur, by Paul Adam, both written at the beginning of the last decade of the nineteenth century, reflect the turbulent climate of those years by presenting conflicts that could happen in a rather vague future. While taking into account the differences between the two texts, our analysis focuses on the similarities in the presentation of these conflicts. It seems, in particular, that the founding principle of the Double Heart is applied in both Schwob’s and Adam’s tales ; but this passage from terror to pity only partially follows the same path. Can we nevertheless conclude that the two texts are optimistic ? That is also the question this study means to answer.
topic terror
pity
speculative story
url http://journals.openedition.org/babel/5989
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