Simulacra in Science Fiction

• Authors: Filip Lipecký
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper examines the concept of simulacra, focusing on their employment in contemporary science fiction. It provides examples from literature as well as from popular cinematography, in order to present the topic in a more familiar context. These examples include Wachowski’s The Matrix, Gibson’s Neuromancer and Fassbinder’s Welt am Draht reflected in the light of ideas of theorists such as Baudrillard and Deleuze. The purpose of this paper is to provide the basic notion of the concept in connection with the science fiction genre, while also offerring a wide range of subject-related material

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Ars Aeterna
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 28-38

Dates

published

2014-12-01

online

2014-12-11

Contributors

author

Filip Lipecký

• Čakajovce 396 951 43 Jelšovce Slovakia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/aa-2014-0011