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Highlights
The phrase du passé au future [from the past to the future] [...] accurately reflects Robida’s own chronological focus in his fiction and his art
Looking at futuristic novels from the past, such as Le Vingtième Siècle, one is tempted to judge them based on their accuracy of their guesswork
The reader can marvel at Robida’s anticipations of modern communication, or laugh at his inability to let go of Victorian morals and fashions. In the end such a novel is best appreciated from the perspective of its contemporary culture
Summary
The phrase du passé au future [from the past to the future] [...] accurately reflects Robida’s own chronological focus in his fiction and his art. Robida is recognised in the field as a pioneer of the emerging genre (Willems 2004, xv) This literature that writes positively about Robida’s use of illustration as a means of fleshing out his story, mostly neglects to analyse specific images. I will take a closer look at the illustrations, analysing their content and especially focusing on the way they relate to Robida’s own historical context This way the analysis bridges the gap between the history of art and literature, between high and low culture. I acquire new insights into the merits of the artist’s work His illustrations, filled with airplanes, short skirts and téléphonoscopes, show a light-weighted commentary on Robida’s changing time, unchanging human nature and the uneasy relationship between past and progress
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