The diabolic character is a presence almost intact in contempory leterature. He caan be represented under the features of a traditional Devil or more modern one, demons or even angels, not yet fallen and thaht may never be so. Superstition still has its place in modernity because characters coming from the supernatural can aspire to this role. But nowdays, nobody is more diabolic than the human being himself. This character is torn between religious tradition and atheistic modernity, his stake remains to testify to fears and sources of the evils affecting humanity...If manking evolves, he does too along with them.Le personnage diabolique est d'une présence presqu'intacte dans la littérature contemporaine. Il peut être représenté sous les tr...