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AbstractThis article proposes to read science fiction through the lens of atmosphere. Atmospheres, of course, have gained increased critical interest in recent years, most noticeably in Hans Ulrich...
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This article proposes to read science fiction through the lens of atmosphere
The color is a vital part in producing a distinctive atmosphere for the opening page, an atmosphere that is crucial for the experience of the entire
While theories of stories abound, little has been done in terms of investigating how stories produce feelings—what I call atmospheres in this essay
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This article proposes to read science fiction through the lens of atmosphere. Atmospheres, have gained increased critical interest in recent years, most noticeably in Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht’s monograph Atmosphere, Mood, Stimmung, and cognitivists like Peter Stockwell has discussed the use of atmosphere in literary studies. The shift away from a predominantly technologically oriented novum and the cognitive logic of earlier sf theory to the study of the qualities of worldbuilding (and, I suggest, to atmospheres) is useful for my analysis of Injection because its creative team of Ellis, Shalvey, and Bellaire do not follow sf conventions in the story but rather weird those conventions.
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