{"id":894,"date":"2015-02-22T14:17:02","date_gmt":"2015-02-22T13:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogamis.mollat.com\/pelicans-noirs-bordeaux\/?p=380"},"modified":"2015-02-22T14:17:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-22T13:17:02","slug":"pourquoi-jai-choisi-le-lotus-bleu-par-francois-courtot-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/les-pelicans-noirs.fr\/?p=894","title":{"rendered":"Pourquoi j&#8217;ai choisi &#8220;Le Lotus Bleu&#8221;, par Fran\u00e7ois Courtot."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogamis.mollat.com\/pelicans-noirs-bordeaux\/files\/lotus-bleu1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-382\" alt=\"lotus bleu\" src=\"http:\/\/blogamis.mollat.com\/pelicans-noirs-bordeaux\/files\/lotus-bleu1.jpg\" width=\"135\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a>Choix difficile que cette de s\u00e9lection!<br \/>\nPour se faire j&#8217;ai pris dans tous les albums qui m&#8217;ont fait r\u00eaver, pendant mon enfance en particulier, celui qui m&#8217;a en plus, fait d\u00e9couvrir ce qu&#8217;il pouvait y avoir derri\u00e8re les images d&#8217;HERGE.<br \/>\nJe pourrais simplement vous dire que le choix du Lotus Bleu a \u00e9t\u00e9 fait pour la beaut\u00e9 de sa couverture, l&#8217;une des plus belle de la collection, mais ce n&#8217;est pas cela .<br \/>\nCommen\u00e7ons par la p\u00e9riode \u00e0 laquelle cet album a \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9e\u00a0? 1934\/1935 \u00a0et celle de sa sortie, 1936: dates cl\u00e9s pour notre 20\u00e8me si\u00e8cle. Cet album est en fait un v\u00e9ritable reportage de fid\u00e8le journaliste qui retrace toute l&#8217;histoire d&#8217;une \u00e9poque; fid\u00e9lit\u00e9 que l&#8217;on trouve de fa\u00e7on exemplaire dans la documentation qu&#8217;HERGE a utilis\u00e9 pour ses dessins (villes, rues, ponts, v\u00e9hicules chinois) . D&#8217;autre part ce travail de journaliste est, en sus, doubl\u00e9 d&#8217;un travail d&#8217;historien: peu de temps avant 1936, date dont on rappelait l&#8217;importance, l&#8217;incident de Mukden origine du conflit sino-japonais avec l&#8217;invasion de la Mandchourie par les japonais, lui m\u00eame \u00e9v\u00e9nement fondamental dans le seconde guerre mondiale, est tr\u00e8s bien mis en \u00e9vidence.<br \/>\nUne autre raison de mon choix est l&#8217;utilisation, avec, l\u00e0 aussi, beaucoup de fid\u00e9lit\u00e9, d&#8217;\u00e9l\u00e9ments de la culture chinoise: \u00e9criture (rues, enseignes, kak\u00e9monos), arts graphiques, langage fleuri. Dans ce dernier cadre le d\u00e9part de Tintin, quittant Tchang, est assez remarquable .<br \/>\nUn autre origine de mon choix est plus social: l&#8217;anticolonialisme marqu\u00e9 pour la premi\u00e8re fois par HERGE et qui ne laisse aucun doute sur ses id\u00e9es: vis \u00e0 vis des japonais (G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Haranochi), vis \u00e0 vis des europ\u00e9ens (grec, Rastapopoulos \u2013 britannique, Dawson), vis \u00e0 vis de am\u00e9ricains (Gibbons).<br \/>\nEt puis, et surtout, c&#8217;est le premier album dans lequel on trouve le th\u00e8me de l&#8217;amiti\u00e9 (th\u00e8me retrouv\u00e9 uniquement, je crois, dans Tintin au Tibet).<br \/>\nL&#8217;amiti\u00e9 forte, touchante, qui fait soulever des montagnes pour secourir les amis avec lesquels nous sommes li\u00e9s \u00e0 jamais, tel Tintin avec Tchang (celle-ci traduisant, d&#8217;ailleurs, celle tr\u00e8s forte qui liait HERGE \u00e0 TCHANG TCHONG JEN).<\/p>\n<p>Voil\u00e0 pourquoi j&#8217;ai choisi le Lotus Bleu\u00a0, document d&#8217;histoire duquel ressort des grands th\u00e8mes culturels, sociaux dont l&#8217;anticolonialisme sur fond d&#8217;amiti\u00e9 tr\u00e8s forte.<br \/>\nEnfin, et \u00e0 la mani\u00e8re d&#8217;un post-scriptum, saluons l&#8217;entr\u00e9e en sc\u00e8ne des &#8220;chaussures \u00e0 clous &#8221; nos amis Dupondt qui accompagneront Tintin dans toutes ses aventures .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Visuel : \u00a9 Herg\u00e9\/Moulinsart 2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choix difficile que cette de s\u00e9lection! 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