Essays about: "fictional worlds"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words fictional worlds.

  1. 1. The Fictional World of Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and The Sea: Emic and Etic Perspectives on its Worldbuilding

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Alexander Löfström; [2024]
    Keywords : Hemingway; Possible worlds theory; emic; etic; Textual actual world; Lifeworld; The Old Man and The Sea; Fiction; American Literature;

    Abstract : Reading is a past time activity that is popular all around the world. It is something thathelps us escape reality and put our focus elsewhere. When immersing yourself in afictional world, it can be intriguing to think of how it was created. READ MORE

  3. 2. Virtual Environments in Scholè : Beyond Learning

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för barndom, utbildning och samhälle (BUS)

    Author : Ferasat Sahil; [2023]
    Keywords : virtual environments; education; Scholè; Virtual Educational Environment; formation;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the educational potential of virtual environments, which are computer-generated spaces that allow users to have a sense of presence and interaction with simulated worlds. In this thesis, I argue that virtual environments are not merely tools for learning specific skills or knowledge, but can also enable formative experiences that contribute to the purpose of education as understood by contemporary educational theorists. READ MORE

  4. 3. Streaming as a Virtual Being : The Complex Relationship Between VTubers and Identity

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Anna Birna Turner; [2022]
    Keywords : vtuber; livestreaming; streaming; twitch; motion capture; identity;

    Abstract : The boundary between offline and online worlds is rapidly shrinking with improvements in technology. Virtual Youtubers (VTubers) have emerged in recent years as a new Twitch streaming phenomenon. Replacing the use of webcams, VTubers obscure their true physical appearance and instead choose to represent themselves through a fictional character. READ MORE

  5. 4. Extinction, or the Extension of Life : Biology and History as Representation and Metaphor in Ted Chiang's "Seventy-Two Letters"

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Sofia Jonsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Ted Chiang; Speculative Fiction; History of Ideas; Michel Foucault; Gillian Beer; Biology; History; Evolutionary Theory; Preformation; Literature; Metaphor; Representation; Darwin; Nineteenth Century;

    Abstract : This paper explores Ted Chiang's novella "Seventy-Two Letters" and the way in which it combines genres, scientific and historical ideas in an effort to examine topics about life and creation. The combinations result in an intriguing representation of a history which is then made different and where Chiang can creatively challenge past ideas. READ MORE

  6. 5. Craft Fiction

    University essay from Konstfack/Textil

    Author : Karen Modrei; [2021]
    Keywords : craft process; dialogue; fiction; domestic knitting machine; empathy; language; technology; techno-hippie; heteroglossia;

    Abstract : In this paper I introduce and explain the construct of ‘Craft Fiction’ as a setting for my own artistic work. Within a fictional framework, I am mediating between the field of craft and the contemporary environment of relocated materialities and digital worlds I find myself in. READ MORE