Ditadura militar e literatura “parajornalística”: desconstruindo relações by Sabrina Schneider

“…While the former doesn’t include narration, the latter develops characters and builds a plot, establishing a fictional universe as accepted by authors such as Paul Ricoeur, Mikhail Bakhtin, and Käte Hamburger.…”
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Lecteur méfiant de science-fiction et développement de savoir-faire en lecture by Philippe Clermont

“…While any literary reading in general requires this kind of investigation, if only to resolve the inferences necessary for comprehension, SF would require more effort because of the semantic oddities designed to represent the science-fictional universe more or less distanced from the readers’ real reference point. …”
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La crise de l’urbain et la condition moderne dans les romans de Saul Bellow by Timea Lönhardt

“…After defining the place and the role of the city in Bellow’s fictional universe, we will note the influence of the research conducted at the Chicago School of Sociology in the first decades of the twentieth century on Bellow’s view of the modern urban environment. …”
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“The Enchanted Hunters and the Hunted Enchanters: the dizzying effects of embedded structures and meta-artistic devices in Lolita, novel and film” by Marie Bouchet

“…As underscored by Lucien Dallenbach, internal duplications or self-reflexive devices are double-layered: they serve a purpose in the fictional universe, and have a reflexive function aimed at disclosing one of the text’s components. …”
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« Shots in mirrors » : Les jeux de miroir dans No Country For Old Men (Coen 2007) by Julie Assouly

“…This article offers to demonstrate how the Coens’ cinematic world, through its use of mirrors, reveals the full potential of McCarthian fantastic/grim fictional universe, creating a hybrid film which seems like a “faithful” adaptation.…”
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Une cli-fi composite : les artefacts science-fictionnels dans Hors sol de Pierre Alferi by Julia Ori

“…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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L’important n’est pas la destination, mais les seuils que l’on franchit. L’exemple des mondes possibles dans Fringe by Elaine Després

“…All TV series serialize the thresholds of fiction, since the spectator enters and leaves the fictional universe each week to go back to his empirical world, but science-fiction series stand out in that they thematize and formalize them, using among other devices « mises en abyme ». …”
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Du dépouillement surgit le silence : une adaptation sous couvert de minimalisme audiovisuel by Louis Daubresse

“…We will examine in turn the dramaturgical role that this silence from the Coen movie plays in the fictional universe of No Country for Old Men, and the primary space in which it unfolds. …”
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Developing ethical formation through literature and philosophy in school by Lisa Rygaard Frost Kristensen

“…When working with literature in the philosophical classroom, teachers can take pupils on journeys through time, history, other cultures, and fictional universes. Since literature invites readers into the lives and minds of others, the pupils can try on another person’s thoughts, emotions, life experiences, perspectives, attitudes, and worldviews. …”
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