Read Building Imaginary Worlds: The Theory and History of Subcreation

Building Imaginary Worlds: The Theory and History of Subcreation

Mark J.P. Wolf

4.9/5 (18138 ratings)

Description:Mark J.P. Wolf's study of imaginary worlds theorizes world-building within and across media, including literature, comics, film, radio, television, board games, video games, the Internet, and more. Building Imaginary Worlds departs from prior approaches to imaginary worlds that focused mainly on narrative, medium, or genre, and instead considers imaginary worlds as dynamic entities in and of themselves. Wolf argues that imaginary worlds-which are often transnarrative, transmedial, and transauthorial in nature-are compelling objects of inquiry for Media Studies. Chapters touch on:a theoretical analysis of how world-building extends beyond storytelling, the engagement of the audience, and the way worlds are conceptualized and experienceda history of imaginary worlds that follows their development over three millennia from the fictional islands of Homer's Odyssey to the presentinternarrative theory examining how narratives set in the same world can interact and relate to one anotheran examination of transmedial growth and adaptation, and what happens when worlds make the jump between mediaan analysis of the transauthorial nature of imaginary worlds, the resulting concentric circles of authorship, and related topics of canonicity, participatory worlds, and subcreation's relationship with divine Creation Building Imaginary Worlds also provides the scholar of imaginary worlds with a glossary of terms and a detailed timeline that spans three millennia and more than 1,400 imaginary worlds, listing their names, creators, and the works in which they first appeared.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Building Imaginary Worlds: The Theory and History of Subcreation. To get started finding Building Imaginary Worlds: The Theory and History of Subcreation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0203096991

Description: Mark J.P. Wolf's study of imaginary worlds theorizes world-building within and across media, including literature, comics, film, radio, television, board games, video games, the Internet, and more. Building Imaginary Worlds departs from prior approaches to imaginary worlds that focused mainly on narrative, medium, or genre, and instead considers imaginary worlds as dynamic entities in and of themselves. Wolf argues that imaginary worlds-which are often transnarrative, transmedial, and transauthorial in nature-are compelling objects of inquiry for Media Studies. Chapters touch on:a theoretical analysis of how world-building extends beyond storytelling, the engagement of the audience, and the way worlds are conceptualized and experienceda history of imaginary worlds that follows their development over three millennia from the fictional islands of Homer's Odyssey to the presentinternarrative theory examining how narratives set in the same world can interact and relate to one anotheran examination of transmedial growth and adaptation, and what happens when worlds make the jump between mediaan analysis of the transauthorial nature of imaginary worlds, the resulting concentric circles of authorship, and related topics of canonicity, participatory worlds, and subcreation's relationship with divine Creation Building Imaginary Worlds also provides the scholar of imaginary worlds with a glossary of terms and a detailed timeline that spans three millennia and more than 1,400 imaginary worlds, listing their names, creators, and the works in which they first appeared.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Building Imaginary Worlds: The Theory and History of Subcreation. To get started finding Building Imaginary Worlds: The Theory and History of Subcreation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Building Imaginary Worlds: The Theory and History of Subcreation

Building Imaginary Worlds: The Theory and History of Subcreation

More Books

The Video Game Theory Reader

The Video Game Theory Reader

The Medium of the Video Game

The Medium of the Video Game

Before the Crash: Early Video Game History (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Studies)

Before the Crash: Early Video Game History (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Studies)

Abstracting Reality: Art, Communication, and Cognition in the Digital Age

Abstracting Reality: Art, Communication, and Cognition in the Digital Age

The Medium of the Video Game (Paperback)--by Mark J. P. Wolf [2002 Edition]

The Medium of the Video Game (Paperback)--by Mark J. P. Wolf [2002 Edition]

Video Games Around the World (Mit Press)

Video Games Around the World (Mit Press)

The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies (Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions)

The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies (Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions)

The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to PlayStation and Beyond

The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to PlayStation and Beyond

Myst and Riven: The World of the D'ni (Landmark Video Games)

Myst and Riven: The World of the D'ni (Landmark Video Games)