Dystopia of the Evolution in "Songes de Mevlido and Terminus radieux" by Antoine Volodine: A Melancholic Epic
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Antoine Volodine, post-exoticism, dystopia, evolution.
Abstract
The article approaches the post-exotic universe of Antoine Volodine by critically examining two of his latest romånces: Songes de Mevlido and Terminus radieux. These novels represent a dystopic space which shows the collapse of a communist political system. It is a traumatic epic of the defeated, which results in the regress towards a post-apocalyptic time marked by existential melancholy. However, the whisper of post-human writers still remains as a site of resistance against the prison that is the alienation of the real.Downloads
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2017-10-18
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Mercier C. (2017). Dystopia of the Evolution in "Songes de Mevlido and Terminus radieux" by Antoine Volodine: A Melancholic Epic. Thélème. Revista Complutense de Estudios Franceses, 32(2), 239-252. https://doi.org/10.5209/THEL.55741
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