L’Amérique des temps profonds : jalons pour une géo-logique des récits, de John McPhee (Annals of the Former World, 1998) à Herman Melvillle (Pierre, 1852)
Since the discovery of so-called “Deep Time,” questions have been raised about the possible invalidation of the category of narrative as a means to account for the immensities of inhuman time at stake in the notion. This article tries to show that what is meant by “narrative” should be specified, de...
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| description | Since the discovery of so-called “Deep Time,” questions have been raised about the possible invalidation of the category of narrative as a means to account for the immensities of inhuman time at stake in the notion. This article tries to show that what is meant by “narrative” should be specified, depending on whether we are dealing with a retrospective personal narrative or a work of fiction. In Pierre, a novel by Herman Melville, geological data will be used figuratively and not to refer to the experience of an individual, as in John McPhee’s geological travel narratives. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-72cd73fbbdc6493a9d215169bec219b12025-01-30T10:44:22ZengAssociation Française d'Etudes AméricainesTransatlantica1765-27662016-01-01110.4000/transatlantica.7305L’Amérique des temps profonds : jalons pour une géo-logique des récits, de John McPhee (Annals of the Former World, 1998) à Herman Melvillle (Pierre, 1852)Bruno MonfortSince the discovery of so-called “Deep Time,” questions have been raised about the possible invalidation of the category of narrative as a means to account for the immensities of inhuman time at stake in the notion. This article tries to show that what is meant by “narrative” should be specified, depending on whether we are dealing with a retrospective personal narrative or a work of fiction. In Pierre, a novel by Herman Melville, geological data will be used figuratively and not to refer to the experience of an individual, as in John McPhee’s geological travel narratives.https://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/7305geology and literatureHerman Melville’s PierreJohn Mc PheeDeep Timegeological timeAnnals of the Former World |
| spellingShingle | Bruno Monfort L’Amérique des temps profonds : jalons pour une géo-logique des récits, de John McPhee (Annals of the Former World, 1998) à Herman Melvillle (Pierre, 1852) Transatlantica geology and literature Herman Melville’s Pierre John Mc Phee Deep Time geological time Annals of the Former World |
| title | L’Amérique des temps profonds : jalons pour une géo-logique des récits, de John McPhee (Annals of the Former World, 1998) à Herman Melvillle (Pierre, 1852) |
| title_full | L’Amérique des temps profonds : jalons pour une géo-logique des récits, de John McPhee (Annals of the Former World, 1998) à Herman Melvillle (Pierre, 1852) |
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| title_full_unstemmed | L’Amérique des temps profonds : jalons pour une géo-logique des récits, de John McPhee (Annals of the Former World, 1998) à Herman Melvillle (Pierre, 1852) |
| title_short | L’Amérique des temps profonds : jalons pour une géo-logique des récits, de John McPhee (Annals of the Former World, 1998) à Herman Melvillle (Pierre, 1852) |
| title_sort | l amerique des temps profonds jalons pour une geo logique des recits de john mcphee annals of the former world 1998 a herman melvillle pierre 1852 |
| topic | geology and literature Herman Melville’s Pierre John Mc Phee Deep Time geological time Annals of the Former World |
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