Une cli-fi composite : les artefacts science-fictionnels dans Hors sol de Pierre Alferi

Pierre Alferi (1963), a poet and novelist who is known for the innovative nature of his texts, presents in Hors sol (2018) a post-apocalyptic world where only a tiny part of humanity has survived, in gondolas suspended in the stratosphere, while the rest has disappeared as a result of the many catas...

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Main Author: Julia Ori
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Université de Limoges 2023-06-01
Series:ReS Futurae
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/resf/11826
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description Pierre Alferi (1963), a poet and novelist who is known for the innovative nature of his texts, presents in Hors sol (2018) a post-apocalyptic world where only a tiny part of humanity has survived, in gondolas suspended in the stratosphere, while the rest has disappeared as a result of the many catastrophes caused by climate change. In contrast to traditional cli-fi, which is linked to popular genres such as thriller, this novel is strongly characterised by its concern for form: it presents a compilation of very heterogeneous texts, which are available online at a specific date in the early 22nd century. This amalgam of documents gives a fairly complete picture, not only of this post-apocalyptic world, but also of the causes of the exile in the sky. In this article, the study of dialogism (Bakhtin)—particularly the subversion of official discourses—and the polyphonic nature of the novel—its fragmentation and the way in which different texts are presented—will be proposed in order to demonstrate that Pierre Alferi uses juxtaposed fragments to create a nuanced image of the fictional universe, combining elements of science fiction with a commitment to addressing climate change.
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Une cli-fi composite : les artefacts science-fictionnels dans Hors sol de Pierre Alferi
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climate fiction
contemporary literature
title Une cli-fi composite : les artefacts science-fictionnels dans Hors sol de Pierre Alferi
title_full Une cli-fi composite : les artefacts science-fictionnels dans Hors sol de Pierre Alferi
title_fullStr Une cli-fi composite : les artefacts science-fictionnels dans Hors sol de Pierre Alferi
title_full_unstemmed Une cli-fi composite : les artefacts science-fictionnels dans Hors sol de Pierre Alferi
title_short Une cli-fi composite : les artefacts science-fictionnels dans Hors sol de Pierre Alferi
title_sort une cli fi composite les artefacts science fictionnels dans hors sol de pierre alferi
topic Alferi (Pierre)
modernity
science fiction
climate fiction
contemporary literature
url http://journals.openedition.org/resf/11826
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