![]() ![]() The comparison will focus on spatiality, which exploits the specifically Québécois and Canadian connotations and whose organization and meaning seem to outweigh temporality. The fact is indicated by several recent dystopian novels: Oscar de Profundis (2016) by Catherine Mavrikakis, a kind of rewrite of Joris-Karl Huysmans' À rebours Le Fil des kilomètres (2013) and Le Poids de la neige (2017) by Christian Guay-Poliquin, a diptych opposing the road novel to the roman du terroir Toxoplasma (2017) by David Calvo, a cyberpunk dystopia, inspired among others by David Cronenberg's films. However, the functioning of cultural memory and the role of the „actual world“ are different from apocalyptic narratives. Several common points are noticeable: a vision of the end of time an axiology that oscillates between evil, redemption and salvation an inquiry about the relationship between the individual and the social. In Québécois literature, dystopias seem to be an extension of apocalyptic narratives. Kyloušek, "How to use dystopian spaces: Catherine Mavrikakis, Christian Guay-Poliquin and David Calvo How to use dystopian spaces: Catherine Mavrikakis, Christian Guay-Poliquin and David Calvo 'How to use dystopian spaces: Catherine Mavrikakis, Christian Guay-Poliquin and David Calvo "How to use dystopian spaces: Catherine Mavrikakis, Christian Guay-Poliquin and David Calvo ![]()
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