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Fictosexuality, Fictoromance, and Fictophilia: A Qualitative Study of Love and Desire for Fictional Characters
2021
Fictosexuality, fictoromance, and fictophilia are terms that have recently become popular in online environments as indicators of strong and lasting feelings of love, infatuation, or desire for one or more fictional characters. This article explores the phenomenon by qualitative thematic analysis of 71 relevant online discussions. Five central themes emerge from the data: (1) fictophilic paradox, (2) fictophilic stigma, (3) fictophilic behaviors, (4) fictophilic asexuality, and (5) fictophilic supernormal stimuli. The findings are further discussed and ultimately compared to the long-term debates on human sexuality in relation to fictional characters in Japanese media psychology. Contexts f…
Engaging with film characters : Empirical study on the reception of characters in The Hobbit films
2017
Characters are important for the audience reception of films, but little empirical research on actual audiences has been conducted on the topic of character reception. Are characters important for all audiences, and if not, what are the possible reasons and implications? How do audiences construct their engagement with characters? I argue that in addition to elements in Murray Smith’s classic model, structure of sympathy, other elements should be included when studying character engagement. This article presents an empirical study on the reception of characters using the Nordic responses (4,879 total) drawn from the global audience survey on The Hobbit fantasy film trilogy (Jackson, An Unex…
Anamorphoses du fantastique et identités des personnages dans 'Adieu' d’Honoré de Balzac
2019
Adieu, breve e drammatica novella pubblicata da Balzac nel 1830, si pone all’incrocio di generi letterari diversi (romanzo storico, récit d’aliéné ecc.) sui quali prevale una tonalità fantastica che ricorre sotto varie forme nel corso della narrazione. Questo articolo si propone di dimostrare come l’alternanza dei registri narrativi incida significativamente sullo statuto identitario dei personaggi e come per essi sia possibile trovare un’interessante chiave di lettura nelle anamorfosi del fantastico. Adieu, short and dramatic novel published by Balzac in 1830, stands at the intersection of different literary genres (historical novel, récit d’aliéné etc.) on which prevails a fantastic tonal…
Świat jak z kreskówki - kuriozum animowanych postaci
2016
Artykuł poświęcony jest charakterystyce kuriozalnych postaci z kreskówek emitowanych przede wszystkim przez stację Cartoon Network, a także Disney XD oraz telewizję Polsat. Analiza bohaterów tychże animacji miała wykrystalizować czynniki, które wpływają na pojawienie się pierwiastka niezwykłości, dziwaczności w kreskówkach. Tekst został podzielony na trzy części. Każda z nich poświęcona jest jednemu z warunków, który wpływa na postrzeganie bohaterów animacji przez pryzmat kuriozalności.
Kolm tegelast poola naljades
2012
Teesid: Kaesoleva artikli eesmark on kirjeldada poola anekdoote kolmest tegelasest, ning anda ulevaade nende ajaloost ja muutumisest. Keskendutakse kolmese ulesehitusega naljadele, mille sisu on muutunud etnilisest ametitega seonduvaks. Artikkel puuab vastata kesksele kusimusele, kui universaalsed voi kultuurispetsiifilised on sellised naljad. Folkloorne ja globaalselt levinud ettekujutus numbri 3 tahendusest pakub samuti huvitavaid sissevaateid kolme tegelasega anekdootide olemusse. Kirjeldatakse stereotuupseid juhte, kus erinevate rahvuste esindajad kaituvad oodataval moel, ning analuusitakse konealuste anekdootide erinevate aspektide – etniliste, poliitiliste, seksuaalsete, loogiliste ja…
Audiovisual processing of Chinese characters elicits suppression and congruency effects in MEG
2019
Learning to associate written letters/characters with speech sounds is crucial for reading acquisition. Most previous studies have focused on audiovisual integration in alphabetic languages. Less is known about logographic languages such as Chinese characters, which map onto mostly syllable-based morphemes in the spoken language. Here we investigated how long-term exposure to native language affects the underlying neural mechanisms of audiovisual integration in a logographic language using magnetoencephalography (MEG). MEG sensor and source data from 12 adult native Chinese speakers and a control group of 13 adult Finnish speakers were analyzed for audiovisual suppression (bimodal responses…
Many witnesses, many layers: the digital scholarly edition of the Iudicium coci et pistoris (Anth. Lat. 199 Riese)
2014
Il progetto di ricerca messo in cantiere durante l'anno della mia borsa di studio post-doc presso il Centro Linceo Interdisciplinare “B. Segre” dell'Accademia dei Lincei prevede la creazione di un'edizione critica digitale del Iudicium coci et pistoris iudice Vulcano di Vespa (Anth. Lat. 199 Riese), un testo latino tardoantico in versi con una tradizione pluritestimoniale. Tale edizione intende mettere a frutto gli apporti della semiotica, della linguistica e di quella sua parte detta grafologia, applicando le intuizioni teoriche e metodologiche di Tito Orlandi (vd. in particolare Informatica testuale, Laterza: Roma 2010); ed applicare, innovandolo, il markup XML/TEI. In tale edizione, le f…
In Search of Characters Without Signifiers
2022
This essay explores the question whether characters can exist without being signified in any way. If characters can exist trans-medially, independently of a particular form of signification or sign-vehicle, why not exist without any signification at all? What kind of existence would such a character have? And, paradoxically, what would examples look like? While the question at face value might appear logically invalid, I argue that at (or just beyond) the minimalist end of the character-representational spectrum, we find what might be called implied characters, that is, characters that are not in any way given, represented, named, or performed, but can only exist in the minds of their playe…
Scenari dell'alterità: rappresentazioni diacroniche di italiani in Irlanda.
2019
Il saggio intende offrire un'analisi diacronica delle rappresentazioni letterarie dello stereotipo dell'italiano nella letteratura anglo-irlandese moderna e contemporanea. Partendo da riflessioni teoriche sul concetto di alterità e studi critici di Imagologia, si cerca di individuare eventuali variazioni diacroniche dovute a mutati contesti storico-sociologici (Brexit).
Diaboliskie spēki Raiņa dramaturģijā
2013
Elektroniskā versija nesatur pielikumus