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Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep? : A Science-Fictional Theory of Representation / Seo-Young Chu.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022]Copyright date: 2010Description: 1 online resource (316 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780674059221
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813/.0876209 22
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Lyric Mimesis -- Interlude: Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep? -- 1. The Globalized World -- 2. Cyberspace in the 1990s -- 3. War Trauma -- 4. Postmemory Han -- 5. Robot Rights -- Epilogue: A Science-Fictional Theory of Reality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: Chu argues that science fiction’s dual status as both narrative and lyric art form permits the representation of objects that are otherwise difficult or impossible to describe-- e.g., those that are neither purely literal nor purely figurative.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674059221

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Lyric Mimesis -- Interlude: Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep? -- 1. The Globalized World -- 2. Cyberspace in the 1990s -- 3. War Trauma -- 4. Postmemory Han -- 5. Robot Rights -- Epilogue: A Science-Fictional Theory of Reality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Chu argues that science fiction’s dual status as both narrative and lyric art form permits the representation of objects that are otherwise difficult or impossible to describe-- e.g., those that are neither purely literal nor purely figurative.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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