Les anticipations courtes dans la presse française du XIXe siècle
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2021
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Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Wydawnictwo Werset
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Dans la presse française du XIXe siècle abondent les nouvelles de courte ampleur à caractère utopique. À l’examen, ces « courtes utopies » aux auteurs souvent méconnus ou demeurés anonymes (mais aussi parfois dues à des journalistes célèbres usant de pseudonymes), se révèlent des témoins de la pensée politique du moment : tantôt reflets de courants utopiques majeurs, tantôt extravagantes, parfois encore contre-pieds de la situation politique imposé par des régimes autoritaires, leur diversité doit interroger.
Leur fréquente présence dans des almanachs populaires, leur parution dans la presse de pure distraction ou satirique (Le Charivari, Le journal amusant et Le journal pour rire en recèlent de riches gisements), leur juxtaposition fréquente à des illustrations amusantes sans visée politique, ou au contraire leur présence jusque dans la presse quotidienne politique les font légitimement entrer dans ce que l’on a appelé « la civilisation du journal ».
The 19th-century French press abounded in short stories of a utopian nature. On examination, these “short utopias”, with authors often unknown or anonymous (at times due to famous journalists using pen names, turn out to be witnesses of the political thought of the moment: sometimes reflecting major utopian currents, sometimes extravagant, sometimes at odds with the political situation imposed by authoritarian regimes. Their diversity forces one to ask questions. Their frequent presence in popular almanacs, their publication in entertainment and satirical press (Le Charivari, Le journal amusant, and Le journal pour rire contain them in great numbers), their frequent juxtaposition to amusing illustrations without political aim, or on the contrary their presence even in the daily political press, legitimately make them enter what has been called “the civilization of the newspaper”.
The 19th-century French press abounded in short stories of a utopian nature. On examination, these “short utopias”, with authors often unknown or anonymous (at times due to famous journalists using pen names, turn out to be witnesses of the political thought of the moment: sometimes reflecting major utopian currents, sometimes extravagant, sometimes at odds with the political situation imposed by authoritarian regimes. Their diversity forces one to ask questions. Their frequent presence in popular almanacs, their publication in entertainment and satirical press (Le Charivari, Le journal amusant, and Le journal pour rire contain them in great numbers), their frequent juxtaposition to amusing illustrations without political aim, or on the contrary their presence even in the daily political press, legitimately make them enter what has been called “the civilization of the newspaper”.
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utopies, dystopies, fiction scientifique, presse satirique française, anticipation, XIXe siècle, utopias, dystopias, science-fiction, French satirical press, anticipation, 19th century
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"Quêtes littéraires" 2021, nº 11, s. 123-133