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March 29, 2026Romanic Review0 citations

Colonial Conquest and Utopian Fiction in Denis Veiras' Histoire des Sévarambes

Altérité pré-utopienne et geste coloniale dans l’ Histoire des Sévarambes (1677–1679) de Denis Veiras

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YAYasmine Atlas

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Article explores colonial conquest's role in shaping utopian narratives, highlighting complex human progress themes.

Key Points

  • The paper examines how colonial conquest underpins utopian narratives in Denis Veiras' work.
  • Analyzes the narrative structure and perspectives in Histoire des Sévarambes.
  • Investigates the link between colonial imagination and the idea of human progress.
  • Discusses historical writing's context and perspective in utopian literature.
  • Identifies colonial conquest as a foundational element in utopian fiction.
  • Suggests that Veiras' work portrays conquest as akin to a coup d'état, justified by subsequent political stability.
  • Reveals a nuanced colonial otherness—neither wholly idealized nor entirely corrupt—in the narrative.

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Yasmine Atlas (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c8c43ede0f0f753b39ef10https://doi.org/10.1215/00358118-12104058
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