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Page 189
... figure and ground can provide a solution . The figure ( not to be confused with a rhetorical figure ) always dominates the ground , but it may be an alien or a familiar figure . For instance , Godzilla is an alien figure dominating the ...
... figure and ground can provide a solution . The figure ( not to be confused with a rhetorical figure ) always dominates the ground , but it may be an alien or a familiar figure . For instance , Godzilla is an alien figure dominating the ...
Page 192
... figure , and in each case , it is essential to determine the figure's aesthetic function . As soon as a relatively abstract image or sound satisfies a precise narrative function , it belongs in another category . For instance , if a ...
... figure , and in each case , it is essential to determine the figure's aesthetic function . As soon as a relatively abstract image or sound satisfies a precise narrative function , it belongs in another category . For instance , if a ...
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... figure is the cognitive revelation , which might be considered a metadiscursive figure in that it reflexively highlights the sf genre's discourse . This occurs when a scene is shown in one or several close shots , following which the ...
... figure is the cognitive revelation , which might be considered a metadiscursive figure in that it reflexively highlights the sf genre's discourse . This occurs when a scene is shown in one or several close shots , following which the ...
Contents
Philippe Mather Figures of Estrangement in Science Fiction Film | 186 |
Cornelius Partsch Paul Scheerbart and the Art of Science Fiction | 202 |
Richard Swope Science Fiction Cinema and the Crime of Social | 221 |
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