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Close encounters of the sublime kind: A study of the science fiction sublime in contemporary film
Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2018.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/70526 Close encounters of the sublime kind: A study of the science fiction sublime in contemporary film Du Preez, Amanda u04354427@tuks.co.za Van Wyk, Andrea UCTD Science fiction cinema Science fiction film Film studies Cinema studies Contemporary film Visual culture Film theory Humanities theses SDG-04 Humanities theses SDG-09 Humanities theses SDG-11 Humanities theses SDG-16 Dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2018. While the sublime is most often associated with the theories of Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant in the eighteenth century, it has increasingly moved away from fine arts and become intertwined with developments in the advancement of technology. It is for this reason that science, and by extension science fiction, becomes an important element in the analysis of the sublime. Film and the cinema can be considered as two of the most prominent elements in translating, what may be termed, the ‘science fiction sublime’, hence it is the medium and setting chosen to illustrate this iteration of the sublime. This study explores the histories of both the sublime and science fiction in order to show how they have impacted one another. The SF films discussed have been chosen from the past decade, as the bulk of the research into the genre is concentrated on particular older films like 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Blade Runner (1982). Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin (2013), Joseph Kosinski’s Tron: Legacy (2010) and Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar (2014) are used as examples of how visual effects may evoke the science fiction sublime, as well as how the sublime is represented in the themes of alienation/the Alien Other, technophilia/technophobia and infinity along the space-time continuum respectively. The study ultimately shows how the sublime is evoked, non-diegetically, through spectacular visual special effects and is represented diegetically, through the plot and themes of particular science fiction films. This is done through what is called “transcendence in immanence”. ae2026 Visual Arts MA Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure SDG-11: Sustainable cities and communities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 2019-07-08T09:46:45Z 2019-07-08T09:46:45Z 2019/04/26 2018 Dissertation Van Wyk, A 2018, Close encounters of the sublime kind: A study of the science fiction sublime in contemporary film, MA Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70526> A2019 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70526 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Science fiction cinema Science fiction film Film studies Cinema studies Contemporary film Visual culture Film theory Humanities theses SDG-04 Humanities theses SDG-09 Humanities theses SDG-11 Humanities theses SDG-16 Close encounters of the sublime kind: A study of the science fiction sublime in contemporary film |
| title | Close encounters of the sublime kind: A study of the science fiction sublime in contemporary film |
| title_full | Close encounters of the sublime kind: A study of the science fiction sublime in contemporary film |
| title_fullStr | Close encounters of the sublime kind: A study of the science fiction sublime in contemporary film |
| title_full_unstemmed | Close encounters of the sublime kind: A study of the science fiction sublime in contemporary film |
| title_short | Close encounters of the sublime kind: A study of the science fiction sublime in contemporary film |
| title_sort | close encounters of the sublime kind a study of the science fiction sublime in contemporary film |
| topic | UCTD Science fiction cinema Science fiction film Film studies Cinema studies Contemporary film Visual culture Film theory Humanities theses SDG-04 Humanities theses SDG-09 Humanities theses SDG-11 Humanities theses SDG-16 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70526 |