Search for dissertations about: "sympoiesis"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the word sympoiesis.

2. 1. Ecologies of the Imagination : Theorizing the participatory aesthetics of the fantastic

   Author : Per Israelson; Anders Cullhed; Marcel O'Gorman; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Media theory; genre theory; media ecology; posthumanism; ecocriticism; neocybernetics; sympoiesis; ontogenesis; fantasy; the fantastic; comic books; William Blake; Alan Moore; J. R. R. Tolkien; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

   Abstract : This book is about the participatory aesthetics of the fantastic. In it, the author argues that the definition of the fantastic presented by Tzvetan Todorov in 1970 can be used, provided it is first adapted to a media-ecological framework, to theorize the role of aesthetic participation in the creation of secondary worlds. READ MORE