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Transcending The Panels: Varieties Of Experience And Selfhood In Comics., Will D. Simpson
Transcending The Panels: Varieties Of Experience And Selfhood In Comics., Will D. Simpson
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In this dissertation, I argue that the typical formal features of American comics over the past century have influenced the types of narrative content that tend to be communicated by said medium. I argue that the types of reader experiences that are afforded by the comics form, in part, shape the types of stories told through comics. The experiences that result from the ways we engage perceptually, cognitively, emotionally, and conceptually with comics imply a certain view of selfhood that is potentially subversive in the context of American cultural religiosity and spirituality. The formal features of comics, and the resulting …
A Song Of Confusion And Annoyance: Kant On The Beauty Of Absolute Music, Ryan Walton Turner
A Song Of Confusion And Annoyance: Kant On The Beauty Of Absolute Music, Ryan Walton Turner
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Kant's evaluation of music in the Critique of Judgement stands as a blemish on an otherwise appealing system of judgments of beauty and of assigning aesthetic worth. In order to resolve this tension, I will present an argument in three parts. First, I will delve further into Kantian judgments of beauty to provide solid contextual grounds for why he draws his conclusions about music and will further elaborate on his various positions concerning music. Second, I will look at a few potential answers for the problem of music given by others in the philosophy of music and briefly evaluate their …