Jules Verne

Paper Summary:

The paper examines how Jules Verne manages to relate, through his grasp of basic scientific principles, stories that could previously only have been explained with magic, gods, deities, or mythical heroes. The paper explores how Jules Verne became the father of science fiction. The paper further examines how Verne is capable of evoking emotion through his writing. The paper concludes that Verne's science fiction, or his scientific romance, has remained current because of both his basic understanding of science and because of his adherence to the basic tenets of mythology.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Biography
Works
Style
Critics
Conclusion
References

From the Paper:

"Among his most significant works, and clearly one of the most accurate depictions of emerging scientific technology, was his Around the World in Eighty Days. Yet of course, this was not the first time that Verne had experimented with the motif of the hot air balloon. In the tale "Voyage in a Balloon," which was an early work but never actually published until 1919, Verne tells the story of a hot air balloon operator who is hounded by a stole away mad scientist type character. The man suggests that the operator should try to fly as high as possible, that he should cross the ocean, or even attempt to reach the planets."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Angenot, Marc. "Jules Vern and French Literary Criticism." Science Fiction Studies, I, number 1, Spring 1973.
• Butcher, William. "Jules Verne: A Reappraisal." 2006. Available: http://home.netvigator.com/~wbutcher/articles/prophetorpoet.htm.
• Butcher, William. Verne's Journey to the Center of the Self. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990.
• Campbell, Joseph. The Mask of God: Creative Mythology. New York: Viking Press, 1968.
• Chamberlin, E.R. The Nineteenth Century. Morristown: Silver Burdett, 1983.

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