Beyond the Boundaries of Realism: Monstrous Islands and Literary Hybrids at the Fin de Siècle in Conan Doyle's, R.L. Stevenson's and H.G. Wells's Fiction.
Par-delà les limites du réalisme: Îles monstrueuses et hybrides littéraires à la fin de siècle dans la fiction de Conan Doyle, R. L. Stevenson et H. G. Wells.
Résumé
This article explores the way in which at the fin de siècle, Doyle, Stevenson and Wells chose to set their works on marginal islands in order to spatially escape not only from the bleak reality of the modern world, but also from the constraints of realism, and to reconnect with more imaginative forms of writing. It thus aims to shed new light on the relationship between geographical space and literary aesthetics, and to demonstrate that the island space is especially conducive to generic excursions out of realism and towards the fantastic, the marvellous and even the monstrous, leading to the creation of eminently hybrid literary texts.
Mots clés
Islands
Monsters
Escapism
Genre
Realism
Romance
Gothic
Fantastic
Aesthetics
Form
Hybridity
Narrative Annexe
Space
Geopoetics
Border-crossing
Marvellous
Uncanny
Victorian Era
Fin de siècle
Stevenson
Doyle
Wells
Summary 1 Introduction
-2 Islands and Fin de Siècle Escapism
-3 Liminal
Enchanted Islands
-4 Marginal Zoologic and Generic Encounters
-5 Conclusion
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