„L’Ève future” ou l’impossible quête
„The Future Eve” or The Impossible Quest
Author(s): Catherine Négovanovic-DidiotSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Studies of Literature, Logic, Cognitive linguistics, French Literature, Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Psychology, 19th Century, Biblical studies, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Villiers de l’Isle-Adam; science fiction; nineteenth-century literature; female android; artificial intelligence; New Eve; Genesis; Christian theology
Summary/Abstract: As a product of its time, Villiers de l ’ Isle-Adam ’ s novel, The Future Eve, published in 1886, sees positivism, scientism and libertarianism unfold and combine, against a backdrop of pessimistic and disturbing spiritualism. Featuring the android Hadaly—the feminine Ideal of modern humanity, created as the result of a Faustian pact made between a blinded scientist and a disenchanted aristocrat—the work proposes a materialistic vision of salvation. The article will attempt to show how this quest is fruitless, as it is lost in advance.
Journal: Romanica Silesiana
- Issue Year: 2/2025
- Issue No: 28
- Page Range: 1-14
- Page Count: 14
- Language: French
