The X-Files, allégorie de la condition postmoderne du monde

TV Series

关键词: X-Files (The);    myth;    metaphor;    postmodern;   

DOI  :  10.4000/tvseries.1510

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Broadcasted on Fox between 1993 and 2002, The X-Files, Chris Carter’s flagship series, has gone down in the history of television. Constructed in the purest tradition of extraterrestrial stories and of the myth of conspiracy, the adventures of Mulder and Scully are particularly well-suited for the serial format, as much by the tension created over the seasons as by the necessary duration (nine seasons) created by the quest for truth of the two main characters. Beyond the frames of science fiction and police drama, the series can be seen as a fictionalization of the world and its trails and tribulations. Leaning on this modern myth, prolific in the United States, the screenwriters construct a critical discourse on contemporary American society, corrupted by visible as well as metaphorized factors such as bribery, the constitution of a technocratic and security-centered society, arms races or the presence of Cold War stigmas in beaurocratic customs. In view of this, the series represents a response: as a pretext for the crusade of characters in quest for founding narratives, but also as the foundation of its own mythology that would question the world on its origins and ends. The creators of the series employs different procedures that call into question its own codes and incite the viewers to think about the value of the very program they are watching: citation of and references to other works (films, series, literature), self-irony and metacritical reflection on writing and tale-telling. In this perspective, the series, conscious of its period’s history and of its status as fiction, appears as an extremely critical postmodern allegory that calls for the viewer’s engagement.

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