Browsing Vol. 03 No. 2, April 2004 by Subject "1900-1999"
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Horreur des villes maudites dans l'oeuvre de H. P. Lovecraft
(Dalhousie University. Electronic Text Centre, 2004)Howard Phillips Lovecraft is forever weaving the same spider-web, in which both his hero and his readers invariably get caught. The real curse of his ancient cities (R'lyeh, Innsmouth, Arkham, Marblehead, Kingsport, Dunwich ... -
Horreur, hyperbole et réticence chez Lovecraft
(Dalhousie University. Electronic Text Centre, 2004)The work of Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) represents a kind of « discursus interruptus » on horror and on the literary language that can best represent it. Lovecraft invents a new kind of horror, more hyperbolic ... -
La Planète Mars dans les romans de science-fiction anglo-saxons des années 1990: La Peur du monstre de pierre
(Dalhousie University. Electronic Text Centre, 2004)When it deals with the planet Mars, nineteen-nineties science-fiction faces an alternative: either the heroes adapt to Mars' hard conditions (and that's "pantropy"), or they adapt Mars to make it livable for human beings ... -
Monstruosité et réflexion métalittéraire dans Le Fantà´me de l'Opéra de Gaston Leroux
(Dalhousie University. Electronic Text Centre, 2004)Hidden between the lines of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera is a reflection on the relationship between the popular writer and official literature, illustrated metaphorically through the image of the Opera itself. ... -
Psychological Terror and Social Fears in Philip K. Dick's Science Fiction
(Dalhousie University. Electronic Text Centre, 2004)Science-fiction and horror are closely related genres, both belonging to the larger domain of fantastic literature. They share a partly common history. This article aims to examine how Philip K. Dick, one of the most ... -
Robot géant: De l'instrumentalisation à la fusion
(Dalhousie University. Electronic Text Centre, 2004)Through the history of a sub-genre of science-fiction (cartoons featuring giant robots), this article attempts to identify how the robot switches roles, going from simple instrument to essential part of the plot. The various ... -
Un Souvenir d'enfance de J. R. R. Tolkien
(Dalhousie University. Electronic Text Centre, 2004)Tolkien's work is home to many terrifying monsters. The spider is one of its most peculiar. It is constantly present in his novels and undergoes changes in its role and function. Tolkien does not use the spider simply to ...
