Essays about: "The Uncanny"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 48 essays containing the words The Uncanny.

  1. 11. "The Grey Sky Lowers" : The Uncanny in Five of Sylvia Plath's Poems

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för film och litteratur (IFL)

    Author : Eva Stenskär; [2022]
    Keywords : Sylvia Plath; Ariel; Sigmund Freud; Nicholas Royle; Harriet Rosenstein; Uncanny; das Unheimliche; Liminality; Darkness; Aposiopesis; Hauntings; Doubles;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the uncanny (das Unheimliche) in five of Sylvia Plath’s 1962 poems: “Berck-Plage”, “The Arrival of the Bee Box”, “Daddy”, “Fever 103°”, and “Death & Co.”. Furthermore, it looks at how the biographical circumstances in which the poet found herself while writing the poems, may have influenced them. READ MORE

  3. 12. Seeing Double : Rhythm, Domesticity, and the Uncanny in Shirley Jackson’s "The Renegade"

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

    Author : Emma Wramsby; [2022]
    Keywords : Shirley Jackson; Jackson; The Renegade; short story; Lottery and Other Stories; postwar; uncanny; rhythm; rhythms; forms; Levine; domesticity; domestic; Friedan; feminine mystique;

    Abstract : By using the concept of forms in this analysis of “The Renegade,” postwar domestic life is analyzed for the uncanny. By locating repetitions in domestic life, between characters, and in speech, situations are identified where the uncanny moves into the domestic. As a result, the perception of reality of the protagonist, Mrs. READ MORE

  4. 13. Too close for comfort : Finding positive aesthetic value in the uncanny valley

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för estetik

    Author : Isabella Svensk; [2022]
    Keywords : The uncanny valley; Masahiro Mori; CGI; 3D animation; Aesthetics;

    Abstract : The goal of this paper is to create a positive account of Masahiro Mori’s theory of the uncanny valley. A theory wherein Mori speculated on the relationship between one’s perceived affinity for a robot and the human-likeness of that same robot. READ MORE

  5. 14. Animals in animation : Anthropomorphised facial expressions and the uncanny valley: does a stylized or realistic 3D animal become uncanny when applying anthropomorphised or realistic facial expressions to it?: Does it change depending on the expression?

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Gustav Frick; Lovisa Malinen; Victoria Ryan; [2022]
    Keywords : Uncanny valley; animation; anthropomorphisation; virtual animals; facial expressions; animal facial expressions;

    Abstract : People have a tendency to apply human characteristics to animals, i.e anthropomorphisation. READ MORE

  6. 15. IN THE PRESENCE OF HUMAN-LIKENESS An Exploratory Study on How Humans Experience Artificial Agents

    University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : Anna Johansson; Elin Örnberg; [2021-09-21]
    Keywords : Human-likeness; Human-robot-interaction; Uncanny valley; Physical presence; Expectations; Emotional reactions; Furhat;

    Abstract : Interactions with artificial agents are increasing in everyday situations, and social agents might become the next generally adopted interface. However, whether these agents should appear human-like or not is debated as it is still uncertain what effects human-like agents have on humans in an interactive setting. READ MORE