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What does the 'oeuvre' refer to?

#1 · Posted: 14 Aug 2006 19:48

Here is a quote from the Introduction to the book From Abdallah to Zorrino (p.12) about the issue:

"Together with most Tintinospecialists, we define here the Tintin oeuvre (French 'canon') as the twenty-two albums published in colour, from Tintin in the Congo to Tintin and the Picaros. Excluded from that list -and somehow considered as being 'apocryph'- are thus the books kept in black and white: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets and The Alph-art."

Do you think Herge would have agreed with this?

Ambrose
Member

#2 · Posted: 15 Aug 2006 08:41

Do you think Herge would have agreed with this?

I do because he was ashamed of 'Soviets', therefore not putting it into colour. He also refused to let anyone complete 'Alph-art'. Personally I would include 'Soviets', but maybe not 'Alph-art' because it was uncomplete and Herge may have dropped it.

Levent
Member

#3 · Posted: 17 Aug 2006 08:59

I think that Herge would not agree, because Tintin in Soviets is a completed Tintin album, published in color or not.

yamilah
Member

#4 · Posted: 17 Aug 2006 15:14

Ambrose
he was ashamed of 'Soviets'

In fact, Herge wasn't ashamed any more in 1979, as he offered Tintin in the Land of the Soviets to the local Royal family, to the French President & his ministers, etc...

mondrian
Member

#5 · Posted: 17 Aug 2006 20:35

DonÂ´t know what HergÃ© thought about it, but I do think that Soviets, Congo, America & Alph-art are kind of curiosities, either much weaker than the others or unfinished. Part of the "oeuvre" (or whatever you like to call it) though most certainly.

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