Le microcosme insulaire de Jules Verne dans „L’Île mystérieuse”. De l’île de la Désolation à l’île Lincoln
The Island as a Microcosm in Jules Verne’s “The Mysterious Island”. From Desolation Island to Lincoln Island
Author(s): Didier BertrandSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Daniel Defoe; Robinson Crusoe; robinsonnade; Jules Verne; “L’Île mystérieuse”; imperialism; colonialism; children’s literature;intertextuality;
Summary/Abstract: This article means to demonstrate that the complexity of Mysterious Island, stemming from the description of the place, this silent but omnipresent character, prevent it from being limited to the young readership intended by Hetzel, Verne’s editor. The anticolonial and antislavery discourse established as the ideological principle early on, is debunked by a counterdiscourse based on new knowledge of anthropology. Conclusions about Verne’s response to Defoe are also addressed.
Journal: Romanica Silesiana
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 10
- Page Range: 53-63
- Page Count: 11
- Language: French