Determinism versus the Fantastic: Toward a Hermeneutics of Enchantment

IF 0.1 3区文学 0 LITERATURE, ROMANCE

NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH STUDIES Pub Date : 2024-05-06 DOI:10.1353/ncf.2024.a926097

Corry Cropper, Sara Phenix

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Abstract

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The nineteenth-century French fantastic can be read as a reaction against a form of determinism exemplified by the work of Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749–1827). The fantastic posits a way of perceiving the world based on an understanding of objects not bound by the rules that science and probability impose on them. It gives voice to a counter-Enlightenment conception of the world, one that allows for unpredictability, faith, emotion, the irrational, and enchantment. In short, the fantastic creates a place for the human in an increasingly deterministic, utilitarian world.

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决定论与奇幻：迈向魅力诠释学

摘要:十九世纪的法国梦幻文学可以解读为对皮埃尔-西蒙-拉普拉斯（Pierre-Simon Laplace，1749-1827 年）作品中所体现的决定论的一种反动。梦幻提出了一种感知世界的方式，这种方式基于对物体的理解，不受科学和概率强加给它们的规则的约束。它表达了一种反启蒙运动的世界观，一种允许不可预测性、信仰、情感、非理性和魅力的世界观。简而言之，奇幻在一个日益决定论化、功利化的世界中为人类创造了一席之地。

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期刊介绍： Nineteenth-Century French Studies provides scholars and students with the opportunity to examine new trends, review promising research findings, and become better acquainted with professional developments in the field. Scholarly articles on all aspects of nineteenth-century French literature and criticism are invited. Published articles are peer reviewed to ensure scholarly integrity. This journal has an extensive book review section covering a variety of disciplines. Nineteenth-Century French Studies is published twice a year in two double issues, fall/winter and spring/summer.