Abstract
Ever since the 1950s, the genre of post-apocalyptic fiction has substantially gained in popularity, especially in the realm of English literature and film. This phenomenon, however, tends to conceal two facts. On the one hand, the Interwar have been rich in terms of apocalyptic depiction (mainly as a response to the horrors during World War I). On the other hand, French literature has also given some of the finest pieces of works in apocalyptic fiction. This paper will analyze three of them: Présence de la mort (“Presence of Death”, 1922) by Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, L’Agonie du globe (“The Agony of the Globe”, 1935) by Jacques Spitz, and Quinzinzinzili (1935) by Régis Messac. The pessimistic views expressed in the three novels are tinged with lyricism (Ramuz), fantasy (Spitz), and pungency (Messac).
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