Writing the Anthropocene: J.-H. Rosny aîné, 1911-1912

Author(s)

  • Jérôme David Université de Genève

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51777/relief17630

Keywords:

J.H. Rosny aîné, anthropocene, science fiction

Abstract

Two novels by J.-H. Rosny aîné published in quick succession (La Guerre du feu, 1911, and La Mort de la terre,  1912), form a diptych that suggests a history of life on earth, from its origins to the extinction of mankind in the distant future. Human beings appear to be responsible for their own demise, in a chronology in which the beginning of the 20th century assumes an importance that is at once indefinite, agonizing and decisive.

Author Biography

  • Jérôme David, Université de Genève

    Jérôme David is professor of French literature and literature didactics at the University of Geneva.

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Published

2023-09-15

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2023): Science fiction and the teaching of politics

Section

Thematic Dossier

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How to Cite

“Writing the Anthropocene: J.-H. Rosny aîné, 1911-1912” (2023) RELIEF - REVUE ÉLECTRONIQUE DE LITTÉRATURE FRANÇAISE, 17(1), pp. 101–109. doi:10.51777/relief17630.