Abstract
Cet article propose dans un premier temps d’explorer la relation entre la cli-fi et la science-fiction avant d’explorer l’histoire de la fiction climatique francophone, de Jules Verne à Jean-Marc Ligny, à travers des concepts empruntés aux études sur l’utopie, notamment en ce qui concerne la distinction entre les utopies et les dystopies classiques et critiques. Il veut démontrer l’importance des fictions qui sont scientifiquement plausibles mais qui conservent néanmoins un contenu utopique crédible et conclut en proposant le roman The Ministry for the Future de Kim Stanley Robinson comme modèle pour ce genre de fiction.
The paper begins by exploring the relationship between cli-fi and science fiction. It then proceeds to explore the history of Francophone climate fiction, from Jules Verne to Jean-Marc Ligny, through conceptualisations borrowed from utopian studies, especially the distinction between classical and critical utopias and dystopias. It argues for the importance of fictions that are scientifically plausible, but which nonetheless retain a credible utopian content and concludes by offering Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future as a model of such fiction.
The paper begins by exploring the relationship between cli-fi and science fiction. It then proceeds to explore the history of Francophone climate fiction, from Jules Verne to Jean-Marc Ligny, through conceptualisations borrowed from utopian studies, especially the distinction between classical and critical utopias and dystopias. It argues for the importance of fictions that are scientifically plausible, but which nonetheless retain a credible utopian content and concludes by offering Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future as a model of such fiction.
Translated title of the contribution | Defining Climate Fiction, what is cli-fi |
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Original language | French |
Journal | ReS Futurae: revue d'etudes sur la science-fiction |
Issue number | 21 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Keywords
- cli-fi
- climate fiction
- Verne
- Rochette et Lob
- Houellebecq
- Besson
- Ligny