Du poulpe à la pieuvreArt comparé de la description chez Michelet (La Mer), Jules Verne (Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) et Victor Hugo (Les Travailleurs de la mer)
Abstract:Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (1869-1870) came shortly after Les Travailleurs de la mer (1866), and not long after Michelet’s La Mer, with its scientific ambitions. Verne recounts the adventures of Captain Nemo in his submarine, the technical invention which made him famous. Hugo did not have such a lasting success and Michelet was forgotten. This article studies the relationship between success and literary value in the description of fights with giant octopuses.
