Voyage à travers l’impossible, une féerie scientifique ?

If we trust in reviewers, Journey through the Impossible was perceived as a scientifically oriented play as well as a good old “féerie”, what seems a paradox. After contextualizing the play among Verne’s works, I show that its scenography is based in most cases on fantastic elements, inspired by fol...

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Main Author: Jean-Michel Gouvard
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Language:fra
Published: Pléiade (EA 7338) 2025-03-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/itineraires/16425
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description If we trust in reviewers, Journey through the Impossible was perceived as a scientifically oriented play as well as a good old “féerie”, what seems a paradox. After contextualizing the play among Verne’s works, I show that its scenography is based in most cases on fantastic elements, inspired by folklore and mythology, instead of scientific ones. But the play occasionally presents specials effects, inspired by scientific knowledge, when it helps to please the audience. In the end, it will appear that the marvelous imaginary of the play is a decadent one, rooted in science, rather than scientific one strictly speaking.
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Voyage à travers l’impossible, une féerie scientifique ?
Itinéraires
science
féerie (fairy extravaganza)
performing arts
decadence
Jules Verne
title Voyage à travers l’impossible, une féerie scientifique ?
title_full Voyage à travers l’impossible, une féerie scientifique ?
title_fullStr Voyage à travers l’impossible, une féerie scientifique ?
title_full_unstemmed Voyage à travers l’impossible, une féerie scientifique ?
title_short Voyage à travers l’impossible, une féerie scientifique ?
title_sort voyage a travers l impossible une feerie scientifique
topic science
féerie (fairy extravaganza)
performing arts
decadence
Jules Verne
url https://journals.openedition.org/itineraires/16425
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