L’analyse que fait Marilyn Randall de Prochain épisode (2006), loin d’en dissoudre les contradictions structurelles au profit d’une vague « révolution littéraire », y voit l’effet d’un dispositif qui place les lecteurs devant des choix (restaurer à tout prix la cohérence globale du récit, ou reconnaître son caractère irréductiblement paradoxal) qui...
Published in Frontiers for Young Minds
Books have the power to take us on great adventures, immerse us in fantasy worlds, change our points of view, scare us, and make us laugh or cry. The characters bring the stories to life and join us on the journeys through the pages of our favorite reads. But have you ever thought about what might be happening in our brains when we let Harry Potter...
Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries / Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable / Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all / Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Constant coefficients of friction (COFs) are currently used in the literature to describe the contact mechanics between tool and workpiece for finite element (FE) machining simulation of carbon fibre-reinforced polymers (CFRPs). However, these are solely based on closed-loop tribology experimentation, which insufficiently represent machining condit...
Depuis le XIXe siècle, des auteurs de science-fiction visionnaires ont décrit avec une stupéfiante précision le monde du futur. Capables d'imaginer les technologies les plus révolutionnaires, ils ont influencé les scientifiques les plus géniaux et les entrepreneurs les plus audacieux qui sont parvenus à commercialiser des innovations qui ont changé...
Pourquoi faire reparaitre en 2022 un livre publié il y a cinquante ans, alors que de nombreux ouvrages ont paru depuis, sur l’œuvre de J.R.R. Tolkien, comme le désormais classique J.R.R. Tolkien, Auteur du siècle, de Tom Shippey (Bragelonne, 2016) et le Dictionnaire Tolkien (Bragelonne, 2019) ? En 1972, on ne connaissait d’ailleurs ni le Silmarilli...
Discutées, contestées, attaquées, les fictions houellebecquiennes le sont, non seulement en tant qu’objets esthétiques, mais aussi, peut-être davantage désormais, en termes politiques, idéologiques ou moraux. Cette contribution est une invitation à réfléchir au centre de gravité du triangle réalisme-fictionnalité-autorité dans Soumission, le roman ...
Published in Open Philosophy
This article addresses the issue of realism in relationship to contemporary serial fiction. Drawing on The Bureau (Canal+, 2015–2020), it argues that spy TV series are “realistic” not because they correspond to reality but because of their impact on reality. It begins by giving an overview of the many ways in which “realism,” in the ordinary sense ...
Objective: This work analyzes the tension and relations between fictional and historical discourse in sixteenth-century Spain, based on the prologues of two chivalric romances, Palmerín (1511) and Primaleón (1512). Methodology: For that purpose, it offers a brief contextualization of this debate within the contemporary literary idealism genre (such...
The paper explores the human-environment relationship in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. It argues that every impact on humans by the environment or by human-made objects is initially triggered by human actions. The paper questions humans' and objects' agency. Furthermore, the essay argues that the environment either helps or impedes the novel's c...
