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Architecture Du Livre-Univers Dans La Science-Fiction, À Travers Cinq Oeuvres : Noô De S Architecture du livre-univers dans la science-fiction, à travers cinq oeuvres : Noô de S. Wul, Dune de F. Herbert, La Compagnie des glaces de G.-J. Arnaud, Helliconia de B. Aldiss, Hypérion de D. Simmons Laurent Genefort To cite this version: Laurent Genefort. Architecture du livre-univers dans la science-fiction, à travers cinq oeuvres :Noô de S. Wul, Dune de F. Herbert, La Compagnie des glaces de G.-J. Arnaud, Helliconia de B. Aldiss, Hypérion de D. Simmons. Littératures. Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, 1997. Français. tel- 00004119 HAL Id: tel-00004119 https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00004119 Submitted on 2 Nov 2004 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. L. Genefort : Architecture du Livre-univers dans la SF UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE-SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS U.F.R. de Littérature Générale et Comparée ARCHITECTURE DU LIVRE-UNIVERS DANS LA SCIENCE-FICTION, à travers cinq œuvres : Noô de Stefan Wul, Dune de Frank Herbert, La Compagnie des glaces de G.-J. Arnaud, Helliconia de Brian Aldiss, et Hypérion de Dan Simmons. Laurent GENEFORT Mémoire pour l’obtention du Doctorat Directrice de recherches : Madame Denise TERREL 1997 1 L. Genefort : Architecture du Livre-univers dans la SF Remerciements — sans exclusive — à MM. : Denise Terrel, Joseph Altairac, Hélène Boucé, Florence Degliame, Jacques Goimard, Patrick Lanquetin, David Oghia, Pierre Pairault, “Quarante- Deux”, Hubert Tournier 2 L. Genefort : Architecture du Livre-univers dans la SF AVERTISSEMENT, ABRÉVIATIONS Afin de faciliter la lecture et permettre une approche aussi cohérente que possible, une rubrique d’annexes figure en fin de volume, une bibliographie non exhaustive, et un index comprenant les Mots clés, les NOMS PROPRES, et les Titres d’ouvrages. La lettre “n” renvoie à une note en bas de page. Dans les notes en bas de page figurent indifféremment les références bibliographiques, les compléments d’information et les commentaires. Notation des titres : — Titres de romans, de revues, de tableaux en italiques (exemple : Noô ) ; — “Titres de cycles” entre guillemets et italiques (exemple : “Fondation”) ; — « Articles » et « Titres de nouvelles » entre guillemets français (exemple : « Imposture et naïveté ») ; — ENTRÉES ENCYCLOPÉDIQUES en petites capitales (exemple : PLANETARY ROMANCE) Notation, pour l’indication du tome et de la page des œuvres étudiées : n° de tome en chiffres romains - n° de page en chiffres arabes. La première occurrence indique Noô, I-158, ce qui signifie Noô 1, page 158. Se reporter à la Bibliographie pour les titres précis. Abréviation des collections de science-fiction les plus couramment citées : — éd. Denoël, coll. “Présence du Futur” : “PdF” — éd. Fleuve Noir, coll. “Anticipation” : “Anti” — éd. Robert Laffont, coll. “Ailleurs & Demain” : “A&D” — éd. Presses Pocket (puis Pocket), coll. “Science-fiction” : PP — éd. J’ai lu, coll. “Science-fiction” : J’lu — éd. Le Livre de Poche : LdP 3 L. Genefort : Architecture du Livre-univers dans la SF SOMMAIRE Remerciements, 2 — Avertissement, 3 — Sommaire, 4 INTRODUCTION, 7 — 1) corpus, 8 — 2) la science-fiction dans les belles-lettres, 14 — 3) la SF rebelle aux définitions, 17 — 4) un plan particulier, 19 PARTIE I/ PORTRAIT-ROBOT DU LIVRE-UNIVERS I. Place du livre-univers dans la science-fiction, 24 A — approche historique, 25 — 1) ou : quand situe-t-on le livre-univers, 25 — 2) le mot n’est pas nouveau, 26 B — le livre-univers en tant que livre, 27 — 1) taille, 27 — 2) fonction de la quatrième de couverture et autres indices éditoriaux, 28 II. Qu’est-ce qu’un livre-univers, 29 — 1) beaucoup de dénominations pour désigner la même chose, 30 — 2) réception critique, 31 A — une définition, 32 — 1) romance planétaire, 32 — 2) le space opera comme source possible, 36 — 3) les précurseurs, 44 — 4) Mars, creuset des romances planétaires, 46 B — un univers de confluences, 50 — 1) la “Fondation” d’Isaac Asimov, 51 — 2) un processus d’expansion et d’unification, 56 — 3) l’apport de la hard science, 65 — 4) préférence du terme de livre- univers à celui de romance planétaire, 69 — 5) le livre-univers est-il un sous-genre ? 71 C — caractéristiques manifestes, 71 — 1) densité, 72 — 2) originalité, 73 — 3) démesure et multiplicité dans les éléments du récit, 77 — 4) des livres-carrefours, 80 PARTIE II/ LE LIVRE-UNIVERS COMME SYSTÈME — 1) le roman comme système, 83 — 2) intérêt des auteurs pour la notion de système, 84 I. Composition d’un système, 90 A — totalité, 91 — 1) merveilleux raisonné et vraisemblable dans la SF, 93 — 2) une volonté de cohérence, 99 4 L. Genefort : Architecture du Livre-univers dans la SF B — transformation, 101 — 1) variété et complexité, 102 — 2) organisation de la complexité en système-monde, 110 — 3) une complexité en transformation, 115 C — autoréglage, 118 — 1) le livre-univers comme représentation en action d’un système, 120 — 2) la résistance au changement, 122 II. Pertinence de l’analogie systémique, 124 A — une création relevant de l’écologie, 124 — 1) la Terre, modèle systémique, 125 — 2) le livre-univers, une écologie imaginaire, 128 — 3) limites de l’analogie systémique, 144 B — le problème de la logique et de l’imagination, 145 — 1) cartésianisme et pensée causale, 146 — 2) l’imaginaire, 151 — 3) le livre-univers comme jeu du monde, 158 C — une illustration de l’analogie systémique : héros et société, 166 — 1) deux archétypes en SF, le surhomme et l’anti-héros, 168 — 2) le rôle de la femme, 173 — 3) décentrement du héros, 176 — 4) le rapport au monde, 182 PARTIE III/ DU CONTENU À LA CONFIGURATION I. Les thèmes de la science-fiction, 190 A — la question de la classification thématique, 190 — 1) coïncidences de l’analyse thématique et de l’approche systémique, 191 — 2) mythes modernisés et mythes modernes, 192 B — trois thèmes classiques, 197 — 1) les machines qui pensent, 199 — 2) les extraterrestres, 210 — 3) la science et les technologies, 216 II. L’espace du décor, 230 — 1) du lieu symbolique au lieu géographique, 234 — 2) une classification des décors, 239 — 3) évolution de la notion d’espace, 242 A — ni enfer, ni paradis, 246 — 1) déserts froids et déserts chauds, 246 — 2) fonction de la jungle, 250 B — l’Ailleurs et le problème de l’exotisme, 254 — 1) terrae incognitae et cartes, 256 — 2) exotisme et colonialisme, 259 — 3) des degrés dans l’altérité, 271 III. Émergence de structures, 279 A — du décor et du bestiaire de space opera à la notion d’environnement, 279 — 1) le bestiaire, indice d’altérité, 280 — 2) structuration du bestiaire, 284 — 3) l’hybridation, 288 — 4) place de l’homme dans la biosphère, 290 B — de l’écologie à l’économie, la politique, la religion, 293 — 1) l’économie et les systèmes politiques, 294 — 2) l’histoire et la religion, 300 PARTIE IV/ COSMOGONIE DU LIVRE-UNIVERS I. Autour du livre-univers, 322 A — maturation et fabrication, 322 5 L. Genefort : Architecture du Livre-univers dans la SF — 1) en amont du livre-univers, 323 — 2) le livre-univers s’élabore dans le temps, 342 — 3) en aval, 349 B — style et langage, 353 — 1) forme et fond : dominance de la variété, 356 — 2) la néologie, autre indice de variété, 373 — 3) une mise en scène au service des intentions de l’auteur, 377 II. Le livre-univers en tant qu’expression du monde, 382 A — des œuvres de la modernité, 383 — 1) espace philosophique, espace idéologique, 384 — 2) aspects idéologiques de l’individu dans la société, 396 B — une réflexion sur l’univers, 400 — 1) représentation ou symbole ?, 401 — 2) autant de points de vue différents de la réalité, 405 CONCLUSION, OUVERTURE, 415 ANNEXES I/ Résumé des œuvres étudiées A. Corpus, 419 — B. Autres livres-univers, 431 II/ Néologismes A. Noô, 439 — B. Lexique de Dune, 443 III/ Cartes et autres documents A. Noô : idées, tableaux et extraits tirés des carnets de notes, 446 — B. Noô : cartes inédites tirées des carnets de notes, 456 — C. Cartes d’autres livres-univers, non reproduit ici — D. « Planetary romance » : article de John Clute, 462 BIBLIOGRAPHIE NON EXHAUSTIVE A. Corpus, 465 — B. Principaux cycles, romans et anthologies cités, 467 — C. Principales études citées et divers, 471 — D. Principales revues citées, 475 INDEX ONOMASTIQUE ET ANALYTIQUE, supprimé ici car les numéros de pages ne correspondent plus dans la version numérique. DOCUMENT DE PRÉPARATION À LA SOUTENANCE ORALE, 476 – ajouté dans la version numérique 6 L. Genefort : Architecture du Livre-univers dans la SF INTRODUCTION L’origine personnelle de cette étude remonte à l’époque où je fréquentais le collège. Je lisais de la science-fiction depuis l’école primaire, aussi le genre ne m’était-il pas inconnu. Je me rappelle avoir lu Dune à treize ans… et n’y avoir pas compris grand-chose. Mais les gigantesques vers des sables à gueule de lance-flammes m’avaient captivé pour toujours. Au cours de ma scolarité, j’ai dû le relire trois ou quatre fois, et toujours s’est imposée la figure d’une immense structure mouvante, faite d’idées et de mots qui s’assimilaient lentement en moi. Et chaque lecture se déposait comme une couche géologique. Il ne fait pas de doute que Dune entre pour une bonne part dans le désir de m’essayer moi-même à la science-fiction. Mais c’est Noô qui a été déterminant.
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