ReS Futurae (Dec 2021)
Qu’est-ce qu’un « mauvais » théâtre de science-fiction (avant 1920) ?
Abstract
Among the many misunderstandings and mishaps of science fiction and theatre exposed by Ralph Willingham in Science Fiction and the Theatre (1994), he focuses in particular on two hypotheses : one, there is no such thing as science fiction in theatre, because the stage cannot compete with movies or novels ; two, science fiction theatre exists, but it is too bad to be accepted by critics and readers, especially before the 1920s and talented authors such as Shaw or Mayakovsky. Nevertheless, “bad” theatre is a way to explore science fiction before science fiction theory : is conjectural science in dramas by Becque, Feydeau or Curel to be seen as a genre, a pattern or a tonality ?
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