Usages du futurisme médical en Chine pré-républicaine : craniotomie et régénération dans deux récits de science-fiction (1904-1905).
Science-Fiction as a genre develops quickly in the 1900 in China, but is is worth remembering that the scholars who produce, translate and circulate these narratives assign to them a didactic role: following Lu Xun words in his 1903 translation of From the Earth to the Moon, it would be about popula...
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| description | Science-Fiction as a genre develops quickly in the 1900 in China, but is is worth remembering that the scholars who produce, translate and circulate these narratives assign to them a didactic role: following Lu Xun words in his 1903 translation of From the Earth to the Moon, it would be about popularizing modern science and technology via fiction. This paper discusses this didactic stake, examining two science-fiction narratives which include a similar pattern of brain-washing and transplant: The Stone of Goddess Nüwa (Nüwa shi, by ‘Haitian duxiao zi) and New Tales of Mr Braggadocio (Xin faluo xiansheng tan, by Xu Nianci), respectively published in 1904 and 1905. In the former, the operation is carried out by female justicers organized in a Society that aims to eliminate corruption by all means. In the latter, the spirit of the protagonist has travelled to Mercury, where he attends a brain transplant, which aims to rejuvenate patients and make them smarter. The detailed process are mostly imaginary. What is at stake is certainly more symbol and ideology than scientific popularization: the episodes literally depicts the making of the new man/citizen/woman. By examining these episodes in their narrative and paratextual context, this paper discusses how polysemic and even contradictory is the use of this imaginary biotechnology. This leads to a redefinition of issues at stake in science-fiction, between fascination for technology and satire of contemporary fantasies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8b0be6cae27d43bfb96e8070283f781c2025-01-06T10:42:24ZfraUniversité de LimogesReS Futurae2264-69492017-06-01910.4000/resf.998Usages du futurisme médical en Chine pré-républicaine : craniotomie et régénération dans deux récits de science-fiction (1904-1905).Florine LeplâtreScience-Fiction as a genre develops quickly in the 1900 in China, but is is worth remembering that the scholars who produce, translate and circulate these narratives assign to them a didactic role: following Lu Xun words in his 1903 translation of From the Earth to the Moon, it would be about popularizing modern science and technology via fiction. This paper discusses this didactic stake, examining two science-fiction narratives which include a similar pattern of brain-washing and transplant: The Stone of Goddess Nüwa (Nüwa shi, by ‘Haitian duxiao zi) and New Tales of Mr Braggadocio (Xin faluo xiansheng tan, by Xu Nianci), respectively published in 1904 and 1905. In the former, the operation is carried out by female justicers organized in a Society that aims to eliminate corruption by all means. In the latter, the spirit of the protagonist has travelled to Mercury, where he attends a brain transplant, which aims to rejuvenate patients and make them smarter. The detailed process are mostly imaginary. What is at stake is certainly more symbol and ideology than scientific popularization: the episodes literally depicts the making of the new man/citizen/woman. By examining these episodes in their narrative and paratextual context, this paper discusses how polysemic and even contradictory is the use of this imaginary biotechnology. This leads to a redefinition of issues at stake in science-fiction, between fascination for technology and satire of contemporary fantasies.https://journals.openedition.org/resf/998Nianci (Xu)Haitian duxiao zimedical prospectivebrainwashingQing |
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| title | Usages du futurisme médical en Chine pré-républicaine : craniotomie et régénération dans deux récits de science-fiction (1904-1905). |
| title_full | Usages du futurisme médical en Chine pré-républicaine : craniotomie et régénération dans deux récits de science-fiction (1904-1905). |
| title_fullStr | Usages du futurisme médical en Chine pré-républicaine : craniotomie et régénération dans deux récits de science-fiction (1904-1905). |
| title_full_unstemmed | Usages du futurisme médical en Chine pré-républicaine : craniotomie et régénération dans deux récits de science-fiction (1904-1905). |
| title_short | Usages du futurisme médical en Chine pré-républicaine : craniotomie et régénération dans deux récits de science-fiction (1904-1905). |
| title_sort | usages du futurisme medical en chine pre republicaine craniotomie et regeneration dans deux recits de science fiction 1904 1905 |
| topic | Nianci (Xu) Haitian duxiao zi medical prospective brainwashing Qing |
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