Theo Mantion. 10/5/2023. “
Sortie d’enfer – sur Paris-la-politique et autres histoires de Monique Wittig.” AOC.media.
Publisher's VersionAbstractLes éditions P.O.L rééditent Paris-la-politique et autres histoires, un recueil de nouvelles de Monique Wittig dont Paul Otchakovsky-Laurens avait assuré la première parution en 1999. Le passage en poche de cet ouvrage composé de chutes témoigne de la singulière trajectoire littéraire, militante et éditoriale de Wittig, ainsi que de l’intérêt suscité par son œuvre plus de vingt ans après sa disparition.
aoc_5_oct_fr.pdf Theo Mantion. 1/19/2023. “
William Golding, Gaia, and the Crisis Ecology of Lord of the Flies.” Épistémocritique, 21.
Publisher's VersionAbstractA case study in the aesthetic genealogy of the now widely debated Gaia hypothesis, this article charts out a critical position for the environmental humanities within such a paradigm. Beginning with a historical assessment of William Golding’s major role in the development of a Gaian aesthetics, I then turn to his 1954 novel Lord of the Flies to explore its articulation between literature, ecology, and politics. Revealing the critical potential of Simon’s character, I develop a new way of approaching Golding’s canonical work by emphasizing its evental and experimental nature. Although Simon’s character has been approached as the tragic victim of an irredeemable human nature, I use a Deleuzian approach that grants him an immanent position and offers perspectives for the contemporary critical moment, at a time when critique is attacked on every front.
Theo Mantion. 1/3/2023. “
Foreword to Monique Wittig's essay "Lacunary Films (On Jean-Luc Godard)".” Film Quarterly's Quorum.
Publisher's VersionAbstractOn the 20th anniversary of her passing, Monique Wittig’s essay on Jean-Luc Godard was republished in Film Quarterly's online column "Quorum." Wittig's first piece of criticism, it appeared on July 15, 1966, in The New Statesman. The essay is accompanied by my foreword, where I draw connections between film and writing in Wittig's oeuvre.
Cécile Daumas. 1/2/2023. “
Monique Wittig : Le masculin ne l'emporte plus.” Libération, n°12,916 , Pp. 20-22.
Publisher's VersionAbstractInterview for this article commemorating the twenty years since Monique Wittig's passing.
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