Existential Science Fiction

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de Ryan Lizardi

Type: Essais
Sujet: Genre > Science Fiction
Mots Clés: science-fiction, philosophie
Année d'édition: 2023
1ere édition: 2022
Editeur: Lexington Books
Langue: anglais

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Broché • 170 pages
15 x 23 cm

ISBN

978-1-79364-737-5

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Description de l'ouvrage :
This book explores contemporary existential science fiction media, including film, television, and video games, and their influence on society’s conceptions of memory, identity, and humanity. Most poignantly, Ryan Lizardi argues, are the ways in which a recent cluster of science fiction media, including Gravity (2013), Interstellar (2014), Legion (2017-2019), Westworld (2016-present), Soma (2015), and Death Standing (2019), among others, present a vision of the future that is inextricably tied to an exploration of humanity that is more contemplative and comparative than traditional science fiction. The combination of the existential nature of this current trend in science fiction with the genre’s ability to manifest these abstract concepts in a generic environment that is historically focused on new frontiers and ideas creates a powerful set of media texts that ask audiences to contemplate what it means to exist, think, and connect as human beings. Scholars of media studies, film studies, television studies, genre studies, and philosophy will find this book particularly useful.

À propos de l'auteur :
Ryan Lizardi is associate professor of digital media and humanities at SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

Revue de Presse :
A scholar of digital media and humanities, Lizardi distinguishes existential science fiction from existentialism in science fiction. Though he engages with existentialist philosophers, the emphasis is on narratives highlighting broad questions of human existence and identity rather than conflict with antagonists…. [T]he author is convincing in arguing that media have increasingly explored existential questions. Recommended… Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; graduate students.
― Choice Reviews

While contemporary science fiction media is often criticized for privileging digital effects over story, Ryan Lizardi demonstrates that sublime images are not the enemy of complex ideas. The thoughtful analyses in Existential Science Fiction reveal a new Golden Age of films, shows, and games that explore both outer and inner space.
-- Bradley Schauer, University of Arizona

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