Literature and Scientific Popularization in the XIXth Century. Jules Verne and “Science Novels”

Authors

  • Pascual Bernat i López

Keywords:

History, Jules Verne, Literature, Science, Technology

Abstract

When we talk about Jules Verne most people think about adventure novels aimed at a young audience. That is true, but it is also true that behind the whole work of this author there is something more than simple adventure stories. A thorough reading shows that there is a general tone in Verne’s works: that of science as means to carry out an ideological and pedagogical project among the youngest ones. This article will try to explain the messages and key purposes which made Verne’s work the most important books joining together literature and science during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Key words: History, Jules Verne, Literature, Science, Technology

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Vol. 8 (2015)

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