Transforming films or screenplays into novels creates a new genre that challenges traditional narrative theory, as explored by Jan Baetens. This study highlights the often-overlooked practice of novelization, emphasizing its cultural and commercial significance throughout cinema's history. By examining this unique adaptation process, the book sheds light on how it revises our understanding of storytelling and the dynamics between different media.
With its richly imagined parallel world featuring unique city-states, the comics series stands out for its exceptional world-building. Rebuilding Story Worlds delves into the artistic influences behind the series while examining its creative engagement with genre, gender, and urban environments. This exploration highlights the innovative narrative techniques that redefine storytelling within this distinctive universe.
The book offers a comprehensive historical overview of graphic novels, emphasizing their global impact and significance. It explores the evolution of the genre and highlights key contributions from various cultures, showcasing how graphic novels have transcended borders and influenced storytelling worldwide.
Introductory and user-friendly textbook for scholars and students in the humanitiesMultidisciplinary approach to digital cultureCross-fertilization of three major perspectives: history of ideas, art, identity and memory studiesIncludes a wide selection of examples and case studies with many suggestions for advanced study and readingThe digital revolution has changed our ways of thinking, working, writing, and living together. In this book the authors critically analyse the ways in which these new technologies have reshaped our world in numerous respects, ranging from politics, ideology, and philosophy over art and communication to memory and identity. The book challenges the customary view of a divide between analog and digital culture, claiming instead that human endeavour has always been characterized by certain forms and aspects of digital thinking, building, and communicating, and that essential parts of analog culture are still being reshaped by new digital technologies. It offers a multidisciplinary approach to digital reason, reflecting the diversity of humanities scholarship and its fundamental contribution to the ongoing changes in our current and future thinking and doing.
Today, public readings have become a vital part of any form of literary life. Orality is the keyword of contemporary writing. Yet do we know what actually happens when a poetic text is read out loud? How are signs on a page transformed into a stage performance? What does it mean to move from a text meant for the eye alone to sounds and images presented in front of a living and actively participating audience? Poetry Performed: The Problem of Public Reading answers these questions, but not in abstract or general terms. Instead, author Jan Baetens examines how authors themselves live this experience of reading out loud and how they write about it in their works. Taking its departure from Balzac, this book revisits a wide range of masterpieces of nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature, including works by Marcel Proust and James Joyce, and contains a series of close readings of contemporary artists (poets, performers, directors, comics authors) who try to invent new forms of public reading.
Exploring the intricacies of human relationships, this collection of letters delves into the emotional landscapes of the correspondents. Through intimate exchanges, the narrative reveals personal struggles, philosophical musings, and the evolution of connections over time. Themes of love, loss, and longing are woven throughout, providing a poignant reflection on the power of written communication. The correspondence serves as a window into the characters' lives, offering insights into their thoughts and feelings in a compelling and relatable manner.