Building imaginary worlds : the theory and history of subcreation / / Mark J. P. Wolf

• Autore: Wolf Mark J. P
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Oxfordshire, England, : Routledge, c2012; New York ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (409 p.)
• Disciplina: 801/.92
• Soggetto topico: Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); Imaginary societies - Authorship; Fiction - History and criticism - Theory, etc
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; World-building as a Human Activity; Toward a Theory of Imaginary Worlds; 1 Worlds within the World; The Philosophy of Possible Worlds; Imagination, Creation, and Subcreation; Degrees of Subcreation; Story vs. World: Storytelling and World-building; Invention, Completeness, and Consistency; Invention; Completeness; Consistency; Immersion, Absorption, and Saturation; World Gestalten: Ellipsis, Logic, and Extrapolation; Catalysts of Speculation ; Connecting the Secondary World to the Primary World2 A History of Imaginary Worlds; Transnarrative Characters and Literary Cycles; The Mythical and Unknown World; Travelers' Tales and the Age of Exploration; Utopias and Dystopias; The Genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy; Science Fiction; Fantasy; The Rise of Mass Media; Early Cinema and Comic Strips; Oz: The First Great Transmedial World; Pulp Magazines; Developments in Cinema and Theater; Radio and Television; Developments in Literature; The Lord of the Rings and Tolkien's Influence; New Universes and the Rise of the Media Franchise ; Interactive WorldsInto the Computer Age; Worlds as Art and Thought Experiments; 3 World Structures and Systems of Relationships; Secondary World Infrastructures; Maps; Timelines; Genealogies; Nature; Culture; Language; Mythology; Philosophy; Tying Different Infrastructures Together; 4 More than a Story: Narrative Threads and Narrative Fabric; Narrative Threads, Braids, and Fabric; Backstory and World History; Sequence Elements and Internarrative Theory; Retroactive Continuity (Retcon) and Reboots; Crossovers, Multiverses, and Retroactive Linkages; Interactivity and Alternate Storylines ; The Story of the World: "Making Of " Documentation5 Subcreation within Subcreated Worlds; Importance of the Word; Self-reflexivity; Subcreated Subcreators and Diegetic World-building; Evil Subcreators; 6 Transmedial Growth and Adaptation; The Nature of Transmediality; Windows on the World: Words, Images, Objects, Sounds, and Interactions; Transmedial Expansion; Description; Visualization; Auralization; Interactivation; Deinteractivation; Encountering Transmedial Worlds; 7 Circles of Authorship; Open and Closed Worlds; Levels of Canonicity; Originator and Main Author ; Estates, Heirs, and TorchbearersEmployees and Freelancers; Approved, Derivative, and Ancillary Products; Elaborationists and Fan Productions; Participatory Worlds; Creation, Subcreation, and the Imago Dei; Appendix: Timeline of Imaginary Worlds; Notes; Glossary; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Mark J.P. Wolf's study of imaginary worlds theorizes world-building within and across media, including literature, comics, film, radio, television, board games, video games, the Internet, and more. Building Imaginary Worlds departs from prior approaches to imaginary worlds that focused mainly on narrative, medium, or genre, and instead considers imaginary worlds as dynamic entities in and of themselves. Wolf argues that imaginary worlds-which are often transnarrative, transmedial, and transauthorial in nature-are compelling objects of inquiry for Media Studies. Chapters touch on:
• Titolo autorizzato: Building imaginary worlds
• ISBN: 1-136-22081-X; 0-203-09699-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815485603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II