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Kirill A. Chekalov
A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Protoscience fiction and formation of the genre nomenclature in French paraliterature
Chekalov K.A. Protoscience fiction and formation of the genre nomenclature in French paraliterature. Vestnik of Kostroma State University, 2022, vol. 28, № 1, pp. 77-84 (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2022-28-1-77-84
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2022-28-1-77-84
УДК: 821(44)
Publish date: 2022-02-09
Annotation: Formation of the paraliterature in France was inextricably linked to strengthen the feuilleton novel (as a major publication form) and was followed by the creation of an appropriate genre nomenclature. The term «science fiction» became part of it only after World War II. Although the samples of the corresponding narrative had already appeared in the period of Belle Époque. The earliest stage of the French science fiction development (main works, genre features, publishing strategies, genre reflection) is considered in the article and the role of the works by Jules Gabriel Verne in the genesis of science fiction discourse is briefly analysed. The “scientific-wondrous” (“merveilleux scientifique”) is given great consideration, that was reflected in details by the famous writer Maurice Renard.
Keywords: popular literature, science fiction, merveilleux scientifique, novel, narrative, newspaper, feuilleton, mysticism, occult, Moon
Literature list: Chekalov K.A. Germenevticheskij kod i ego parodirovanie v romane Morisa Renara “Golubaya pogibel'” [Hermeneutic code and its parody in Maurice Renard's novel “The Blue Peril”]. Nauchnye perspektivy XXI veka. Dostizheniya i perspektivy novogo stoletiya [Scientific perspectives of the 21st century. Achievements and prospects for the new century], 2015, part 7, № 3 (10), pp. 23–25. (In Russ.) Chekalov K.A. K voprosu o zhanrovoj sisteme francuzskogo populyarnogo romana vo vtoroj polovine XIX veka [To the question of the genre system of the French popular novel in the second half of the 19th century]. Tigris philologiae. Sbornik statej o francuzskoj literature (i ne tol'ko) k yubileyu Natal'i Pahsar'yan [Tigris philologiae. A collection of articles on French literature (and not only) for the anniversary of Natalia Pakhsaryan]. Saint Petersburg, Aletejya Publ., 2021, pp. 262–278. (In Russ.)
Author's info: Kirill A. Chekalov, Doctor of Philological Sciences, A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences; The Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation Moscow, Russia, ktchekalov@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9050-0636