Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep? : A Science-Fictional Theory of Representation /
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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Harvard University Press,
[2011]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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