Dystopie-En-Abyme: Analyse du récit du film "The Lobster"
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https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v12i2.6Mots-clés :
dystopie, utopie, récit, contre-récit, abyme, résistance, espoirRésumé
L'article analyse le récit dystopique du film The Lobster (2015, dir. Y. Lanthimos) comme un acte politique. Plutôt que de se concentrer strictement sur ce que le film expose comme problématique (liaisons romantiques et sexuelles, intelligence émotionnelle, et l'amour en général), l'objet de l’analyse est la manière dont ce problème est présenté sous l’angle dystopique, puis le déroulement de son récit et les actions de ses personnages ; enfin, l’on examine de quelle espèce de potentiel critique tous ces éléments sont dotés et par conséquent, quel est le genre de message politique communiqué par le film. L’on procède en examinant de plus près les trois éléments narratifs importants de la dystopie textuelle: l'espace du film, les protagonistes, et le langage. Enfin, l’on examine les possibilités interprétatives de son dénouement ouvert. L'analyse tend à montrer que le film ressemble infiniment à des structures narratives enchevêtrées à travers lesquelles il acquiert une qualité mythologique qui mine les potentiels puissants du récit, manque à donner une impulsion utopique, et par conséquent à la fin supporte le status quo.
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