I mentioned possibly doing a longer post on this subject, and I may yet, once Clannad is finished, but I need to collect my thoughts on the matter first. You may not think of Clannad as exhibiting the design flair of a late eighties/early nineties Disney film, what with its huge-eyed Key style, willingness to [...]
All posts for the month March, 2009
The Disney aesthetic
Posted by Pontifus on 11 March 2009
http://superfani.com/2009/03/11/the-disney-aesthetic/
Adventures in Criticism pt 5
We’re nearing the last leg of Northrop Frye’s first essay in Anatomy of Criticism; this time we’re tackling the section called “Thematic Modes.”
Posted by cuchlann on 10 March 2009
http://superfani.com/2009/03/10/adventures-in-criticism-pt-5/
Mouvance and adaptation
Responding to my last post, IKnight pointed me in the direction of an interesting little theory, and, since I haven’t been able to muster the concentration required to watch Ouran High School Host Club for long periods of time like I’d planned, I figured I may as well see what I could make of mouvance. [...]
Posted by Pontifus on 9 March 2009
http://superfani.com/2009/03/09/mouvance-and-adaptation/
Adventures in Criticism, pt. 4
After over two months away — two months of thesis writing and so on — my Adventures in Criticism return. If you recall from last time, we tackled Frye’s first essay, the “Theory of Modes.” Or rather, one third of it. I’m going through the second third now.
Posted by cuchlann on 9 March 2009
http://superfani.com/2009/03/09/adventures-in-criticism-pt-4/
The epistemology of Marimite, or how the gay grok
Sorry, I had to use that line — we of course don’t know if anyone (other than Sei) is gay or bi. My sci-fi professor talks about epistemology every so often; given the nature of science fiction and its tendency to examine how we know what we know, this makes sense. It also means [...]
Posted by cuchlann on 5 March 2009
http://superfani.com/2009/03/05/the-epistemology-of-marimite-or-how-the-gay-grok/
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