Mémoire et oubli post-apocalyptiques dans La Possibilité d’une île de Michel Houellebecq et Le Dernier homme de Margaret Atwood
Post-apocalyptic memory and oblivion in The possibility of an island by Michel Houellebecq and Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Author(s): Dalibor ŽílaSubject(s): Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: Margaret Atwood; Michel Houellebecq; apocalypse; memory; oblivion
Summary/Abstract: This contribution analyzes the role of memory and oblivion in the novels The Possibility of an Island by Michel Houellebecq and Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood. In both of them, these two notions play an important role in the constitution of the identity of the major characters after the collapse of civilization and during the foundation of a new humanity.
Journal: Svět literatury
- Issue Year: XXX/2020
- Issue No: Special
- Page Range: 203-214
- Page Count: 12
- Language: French