Label: The end of the world
Apocalypse in prose: has the worst happened or is it yet to come?

Apocalypse in prose: has the worst happened or is it yet to come?

When you think of the end of the world in literature, two things immediately spring to mind: Joël Dicker or the great dystopias. It's neither of these that we're going to discuss here. In the same way that fantasy and science fiction are intimately linked to the apocalyptic vision of humanity, so-called «white» literature is also increasingly taking up the subject. And if the world is being turned upside down, the two novels we're going to look at are also turning the reader upside down. Each in its own way.
Is art immortal?

Is art immortal?

What would be left after the end of the world, or rather life on Earth, following a nuclear catastrophe or climate change? Certainly not works of art. But perhaps technology. Here's a scenario from a digital art exhibition.
Collapsologists: they predict collapse

Collapsologists: they predict collapse

DOSSIER «LA FIN DU MONDE» | On les qualifie parfois de « prophètes de l’Apocalypse », ou de « catastrophistes déraisonnables ». Malgré tout, au-delà de la caricature, les tenants de cette « science de l’effondrement » ont un discours tout à fait construit, rationnel et digne d’intérêt.