Formes abrégées pour l'éco-anxiété: le réalisme cognitif dans la fiction climatique
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https://doi.org/10.30827/tn.v8i2.30745Mots-clés :
incertitude, éconarratologie, brièveté, forme, fiction américaine contemporaineRésumé
Les chercheurs de nombreux domaines accordent une attention croissante à l’impact psychologique du changement climatique. Cet article se concentre sur la fiction littéraire qui met en avant ces ramifications psychologiques ; en d’autres termes, une fiction qui met en scène des personnages confrontés à ce qui a été diversement appelé « anxiété écologique » ou « anxiété climatique ». Je soutiens que la forme de l’histoire courte et sa brièveté au niveau stylistique peuvent poursuivre le réalisme cognitif en évoquant le sentiment d’attention fragmentée et d’absence d’avenir qui définit la psychologie de l’anxiété. Dans de nombreux cas, cette représentation de l’anxiété climatique est soutenue et amplifiée par l’engagement de la littérature dans l’actualité et les médias sociaux qui sont associés à une rupture de concentration attentionnelle. Pour explorer ces liens, je m’appuie sur des travaux sur la phénoménologie de l’anxiété et discute d’exemples tirés de la littérature américaine contemporaine, et plus particulièrement des nouvelles de Lauren Groff et du roman Weather de Jenny Offill. Je montre comment ces œuvres capturent le lien entre la conscience du changement climatique et le style d’esprit unique des protagonistes, et comment le réalisme cognitif s’accompagne souvent d’un dialogue avec les formes de communication numérique.
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