Une dystopie abhumaniste : le cas de J. D. Kurtness et de Christiane Vadnais
| Title in English | An Abhumanist Dystopia : the Case of J. D. Kurtness and Christiane Vadnais |
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| Year of publication | 2022 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Echo des études romanes |
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| web | https://www.eer.cz/current_issue.php |
| Keywords | Quebec novel; J. D. Kurtness; Christiane Vadnais; dystopia; ecocriticism; abhumanism; ethos |
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| Description | The apocalyptic thread underlies the works of many Quebec writers, and more recently it runs through the dystopian theme that announces the dark future of man and civilisation. It is obvious that apocalypse and dystopia present the two sides of humanism which, in the wake of Christianity, sees man as a superior being, the one that opposes culture to nature. Is there an alternative to this dichotomous axiology? Some recent trends in dystopian literature seem to point the way by blurring or erasing the human component and establishing an abhumanist axiology where nature alone imposes the scale of values. What are the particularities of this specific ethos? What does it consist of? These are the questions we will try to answer by presenting two recent dystopias – Aquariums (2019) by J. D. Kurtness and Faunes (2018) by Christiane Vadnais – which seem to stand out by their abhumanist ethos from apocalypses and dystopias of the majority discourse. |
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