Du simulacre à la simulation : la vérité de l’artifice dans Galatea 2.2 de Richard Powers

This paper suggests that Richard Powers’ Galatea 2.2 may be construed as an up-dated version of Ovid’s “Pygmalion” insofar as it no longer pauses the question of artifice in terms of imitation but in terms of simulation. As opposed to simple imitation – whose artifice keeps the observer out of repre...

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Main Author: Jean-Yves Pellegrin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte" 2009-12-01
Series:Sillages Critiques
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/1952