{"id":16378,"date":"2026-07-30T11:40:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T09:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/?p=16378"},"modified":"2026-07-30T12:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:14:33","slug":"le-dernier-homme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/le-dernier-homme\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Dernier Homme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Comment raconter la fin du monde une fois toutes les richesses de la Terre \u00e9puis\u00e9es?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Po\u00e8me en prose en dix chants, <em>Le Dernier Homme<\/em> a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9crit par le pr\u00eatre ami\u00e9nois Jean-Baptiste-Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Cousin de Grainville et publi\u00e9 une premi\u00e8re fois en 1805, juste apr\u00e8s la disparition de son auteur. R\u00e9\u00e9dit\u00e9 en 2026 par No\u00e9mie Rochat Nogales (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/fra\/fr\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Section de fran\u00e7ais<\/a> et <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/fle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00c9cole de fran\u00e7ais langue \u00e9trang\u00e8re<\/a>), ce r\u00e9cit relate, avec le <em>Paradis perdu<\/em> de John Milton en toile de fond, l\u2019imminence de la fin du monde d\u00fb \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9puisement de la Terre, surexploit\u00e9e par des humains trop avides. Seul le dernier couple encore fertile que forment l\u2019Europ\u00e9en Om\u00e9gare et l\u2019Am\u00e9ricaine Syd\u00e9rie peut emp\u00eacher l\u2019accomplissement de cet \u00e9v\u00e9nement. Toutefois, Adam, le premier homme, est envoy\u00e9 par Dieu pour convaincre son lointain descendant de ne pas prolonger les jours de la Terre sous peine de donner naissance \u00e0 une post\u00e9rit\u00e9 monstrueuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Po\u00e8me m\u00e9lancolique sur la fin du monde, le r\u00e9cit de Grainville se r\u00e9f\u00e8re, entre les lignes, \u00e0 la fin d\u2019un monde en particulier, celui de l\u2019Ancien R\u00e9gime, et \u00e0 la critique des id\u00e9aux de r\u00e9g\u00e9n\u00e9ration et de progr\u00e8s qui n\u2019ont pas abouti. Mais la r\u00e9ception qui peut \u00eatre faite ne doit pas se limiter aux seules bornes historiques puisque, en mettant en sc\u00e8ne la fin d&rsquo;un monde dont les ressources ont \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9puis\u00e9es, ce r\u00e9cit r\u00e9sonne \u00e9galement avec les pr\u00e9occupations \u00e9cologiques contemporaines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jean-Baptiste-Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Cousin de Grainville, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.48611\/isbn.978-2-406-20293-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Le Dernier Homme<\/a><\/em>, \u00e9dit\u00e9 par No\u00e9mie Rochat Nogales, Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/07\/2026-fra-efle-dernier-homme-couv.png\" alt=\"2026 fra efle dernier homme couv\" class=\"wp-image-16380\" style=\"width:300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>TOUTES LES NOTICES DE<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>No\u00e9mie Rochat Nogales<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"su-posts su-posts-teaser-loop \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-16378\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/le-dernier-homme\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/07\/2026-fra-efle-dernier-homme-couv.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"2026 fra efle dernier homme couv\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a 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