Contemporary French and Francophone Futuristic Novels

Contemporary French and Francophone Futuristic Novels

The Longing to be Written and its Refusal

Buzay, Emmanuel

Springer International Publishing AG

02/2023

244

Dura

Inglês

9783031166273

15 a 20 dias

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1 Introduction.- Bibliography.-2 Reading the Enigmatic Worlds of Futuristic Novels.- Looking for Clues: The Investigations Entrusted to the Reader.-The Broader Scope of the Books of Nature and the World.-The Figure of the Last Man.- Bibliography.-3 Modalities and Fictional Storyworlds in Futuristic Novels.-Dissonant Minds of Fictional Storyworlds.- Dualities and Modal Structures of Fictional Storyworlds: Knowledge, Duty, and Ability.-Differences in Actions of Fictional Minds as Readers.-Bibliography.- 4 The Idea of the Book and Its Symbolism in Times of Change.-Metaphors of the Closed Symbolism of the Book.-Metaphors and Metalepses of the Open Symbolism of the Book.- Metamorphoses and Human Mutations: The Relationship to Insect Animalism.-Bibliography.-5 Regaining Humanity by Learning from Escapes and Detours.- The Metaphysical Manhunt.-Traces and Memories in Information and Knowledge Societies of the Future.-The Trial of Walking.- Bibliography.-6 Encounters with Bodies and Narratives: A Matrix of Contemporary Philosophical Quests.-The Value of Speech and Literature Under the Threat of Violence in Amelie Nothomb.- Writing and Walking the Wilderness as a Scribe in Alain Damasio.- Shifting Determinism with the Reminiscent Body of an Artificial Intelligence in Romain Lucazeau.-Bibliography.- 7 Conclusion.-Bibliography.
French Literature;Science Fiction;speculative fiction;Francophone literature;dystopian literature;transhumanism