Calvino S Combinational Creativity

Author : Elizabeth Scheiber
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443888325

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Calvino's Combinational Creativity by Elizabeth Scheiber Pdf

Calvino’s Combinational Creativity examines the various ways combinatory processes influence the work of the Italian author Italo Calvino. Comprising chapters by six literary scholars, the volume asserts that the Ligurian writer’s creativity often stems from his contemplation of literature even as it investigates the intersection of his work with poets, writers, and literary movements. Each chapter explores a different aspect of Calvino’s creativity. Natalie Berkman examines Calvino as a reader of Ariosto and provides an analysis of mathematical combinations inspired by Vladmir Propp in Il castello dei destini incrociati. Discussing the poetic and scientific influence of the Argentine writer Julio Cortázar on Calvino, Sara Ceroni then presents Palomar as a modernist work of epiphanies. This is followed by two chapters investigating different influences on Cosmicomics: Elio Baldi demonstrates how Calvino’s collection of stories appropriates various conventions of the science fiction genre, while Elizabeth Scheiber provides a close reading of two tales to show how Calvino uses science as a metaphor to comment on the poetics of Italian authors Gadda, D’Annunzio, Ungaretti, and Montale. Cecilia Benaglia then proposes Calvino as a reader of Gadda, who served not only as an aesthetic influence, but also as an epistemological one. Finally, juxtaposing Calvino with his contemporary, Umberto Eco, Sebastiano Bazzichetto examines the two authors’ use of figures of speech as ways of constructing labyrinths. Calvino’s Combinational Creativity takes Calvino studies in new directions as it rethinks how the author’s work can be classified, and delves into the sources of his inspiration.

Author : Mike Sharples,Rafael Pérez y Pérez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000591453

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Story Machines: How Computers Have Become Creative Writers by Mike Sharples,Rafael Pérez y Pérez Pdf

This fascinating book explores machines as authors of fiction, past, present, and future. For centuries, writers have dreamed of mechanical storytellers. We can now build these devices. What will be the impact on society of AI programs that generate original stories to entertain and persuade? What can we learn about human creativity from probing how they work? In Story Machines, two pioneers of creative artificial intelligence explore the design and impact of AI story generators. The book covers three themes: language generators that compose coherent text, storyworlds with believable characters, and AI models of human storytellers. Providing examples of story machines through the ages, it covers the history, recent developments, and future implications of automated story generation. Anyone with an interest in story writing will gain a new perspective on what it means to be a creative writer, what parts of creativity can be mechanized, and what is essentially human. Story Machines is for those who have ever wondered what makes a good story, why stories are important to us, and what the future holds for storytelling.

Author : Thessaly La Force
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-13
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780316225007

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My Ideal Bookshelf by Thessaly La Force Pdf

The books that we choose to keep -- let alone read -- can say a lot about who we are and how we see ourselves. In My Ideal Bookshelf, dozens of leading cultural figures share the books that matter to them most; books that define their dreams and ambitions and in many cases helped them find their way in the world. Contributors include Malcolm Gladwell, Thomas Keller, Michael Chabon, Alice Waters, James Patterson, Maira Kalman, Judd Apatow, Chuck Klosterman, Miranda July, Alex Ross, Nancy Pearl, David Chang, Patti Smith, Jennifer Egan, and Dave Eggers, among many others. With colorful and endearingly hand-rendered images of book spines by Jane Mount, and first-person commentary from all the contributors, this is a perfect gift for avid readers, writers, and all who have known the influence of a great book.

Author : Daniela Côrtes Maduro
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839440919

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Digital Media and Textuality by Daniela Côrtes Maduro Pdf

Due to computers' ability to combine different semiotic modes, texts are no longer exclusively comprised of static images and mute words. How have digital media changed the way we write and read? What methods of textual and data analysis have emerged? How do we rescue digital artifacts from obsolescence? And how can digital media be used or taught inside classrooms? These and other questions are addressed in this volume that assembles contributions by artists, writers, scholars and editors such as Dene Grigar, Sandy Baldwin, Carlos Reis, and Frieder Nake. They offer a multiperspectival view on the way digital media have changed our notion of textuality.

Author : Umberto Eco
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 025320318X

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The Role of the Reader by Umberto Eco Pdf

Discusses the differences between "open" and "closed" texts, or, texts that actively involve the reader and texts that evoke a limited, predetermined response from the reader. -- Back cover.

Author : Italo Calvino
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780544146693

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Hermit in Paris by Italo Calvino Pdf

A posthumously published collection of Italo Calvino's autobiographical writings recounting his experiences in Italy's antifascist resistance, paying homage to his influences, tracing the evolution of his literary style, and commenting wryly on his travels in the United States.

Author : Hubert Damisch
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015045970137

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The Origin of Perspective by Hubert Damisch Pdf

The second part of the book brings the historical invention of perspective into focus, discussing the experiments with mirrors made by Brunelleschi, connecting it to the history of consciousness via Jacques Lacan's definition of the "tableau" as "a configuration in which the subject as such gets its bearings.".

Author : Pierre Marquis,Odile Papini,Henri Prade
Publisher : Springer
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3030061698

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A Guided Tour of Artificial Intelligence Research by Pierre Marquis,Odile Papini,Henri Prade Pdf

The purpose of this book is to provide an overview of AI research, ranging from basic work to interfaces and applications, with as much emphasis on results as on current issues. It is aimed at an audience of master students and Ph.D. students, and can be of interest as well for researchers and engineers who want to know more about AI. The book is split into three volumes: - the first volume brings together twenty-three chapters dealing with the foundations of knowledge representation and the formalization of reasoning and learning (Volume 1. Knowledge representation, reasoning and learning) - the second volume offers a view of AI, in fourteen chapters, from the side of the algorithms (Volume 2. AI Algorithms) - the third volume, composed of sixteen chapters, describes the main interfaces and applications of AI (Volume 3. Interfaces and applications of AI). This third volume is dedicated to the interfaces of AI with various fields, with which strong links exist either at the methodological or at the applicative levels. The foreword of this volume reminds us that AI was born for a large part from cybernetics. Chapters are devoted to disciplines that are historically sisters of AI: natural language processing, pattern recognition and computer vision, and robotics. Also close and complementary to AI due to their direct links with information are databases, the semantic web, information retrieval and human-computer interaction. All these disciplines are privileged places for applications of AI methods. This is also the case for bioinformatics, biological modeling and computational neurosciences. The developments of AI have also led to a dialogue with theoretical computer science in particular regarding computability and complexity. Besides, AI research and findings have renewed philosophical and epistemological questions, while their cognitive validity raises questions to psychology. The volume also discusses some of the interactions between science and artistic creation in literature and in music. Lastly, an epilogue concludes the three volumes of this Guided Tour of AI Research by providing an overview of what has been achieved by AI, emphasizing AI as a science, and not just as an innovative technology, and trying to dispel some misunderstandings.

Author : Gary Genosko
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2002-03-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134831159

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Baudrillard and Signs by Gary Genosko Pdf

This book relates Baudrillard's work to contemporary social r4248y. The author traces the connections between Baudrillard's work and Marx and Marxism; Lefebvre and structuralist method; the works of Saussure, Bataille, Barthes, Foucault, Mauss, Peirce, McLuhan and the Prague School. The result is an authoritative and stimulating account of Baudrillard and modern social theory.

Author : Jon Anderson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317821397

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Understanding Cultural Geography by Jon Anderson Pdf

Understanding Cultural Geography: Places and Traces offers a comprehensive introduction to perhaps the most exciting and challenging area of human geography. By focusing on the notion of ‘place’ as a key means through which culture and identity is grounded, the book showcases the broad range of theories, methods and practices used within the discipline. This book not only introduces the reader to the rich and complex history of cultural geography, but also the key terms on which the discipline is built. From these insights, the book approaches place as an ‘ongoing composition of traces’, highlighting the dynamic and ever-changing nature of the world around us. The second edition has been fully revised and updated to incorporate recent literature and up-to-date case studies. It also adopts a new seven section structure, and benefits from the addition of two new chapters: Place and Mobility, and Place and Language. Through its broad coverage of issues such as age, race, scale, nature, capitalism, and the body, the book provides valuable perspectives into the cultural relationships between people and place. Anderson gives critical insights into these important issues, helping us to understand and engage with the various places that make up our lives. Understanding Cultural Geography is an ideal text for students being introduced to the discipline through either undergraduate or postgraduate degree courses. The book outlines how the theoretical ideas, empirical foci and methodological techniques of cultural geography illuminate and make sense of the places we inhabit and contribute to. This is a timely update on a highly successful text that incorporates a vast foundation of knowledge; an invaluable book for lecturers and students.

Author : Jorge J. E. Gracia (ed),Carolyn Korsmeyer,Rodolphe Gasché
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Literature
ISBN : 0415929180

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Literary Philosophers by Jorge J. E. Gracia (ed),Carolyn Korsmeyer,Rodolphe Gasché Pdf

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Eduardo Kac
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Experimental poetry
ISBN : OCLC:476342886

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Media Poetry by Eduardo Kac Pdf

Author : Burton Feldman
Publisher : Arcade Publishing
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 1559705922

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The Nobel Prize by Burton Feldman Pdf

Discusses the Nobel Institution in detail, telling about the award and its beginnings, what it means to win a Nobel Prize, the fields in which it is presented, who judges and how the prize is awarded, and more.

Author : Ruth Ronen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1994-05-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521456487

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Possible Worlds in Literary Theory by Ruth Ronen Pdf

The concept of possible worlds, originally introduced in philosophical logic, has recently gained interdisciplinary influence; it proves to be a productive tool when borrowed by literary theory to explain the notion of fictional worlds. In this book Ruth Ronen develops a comparative reading of the use of possible worlds in philosophy and in literary theory, and offers an analysis of the way the concept contributes to our understanding of fictionality and the structure and ontology of fictional worlds. Dr Ronen suggests a new set of criteria for the definition of fictionality, making rigorous distinctions between fictional and possible worlds; and through specific studies of domains within fictional worlds - events, objects, time, and point of view - she proposes a radical rethinking of the problem of fictionality in general and fictional narrativity in particular.

Author : Ben Okri
Publisher : CLAIRVIEW BOOKS
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-14
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781905570768

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The Mystery Feast by Ben Okri Pdf

‘In every moment, we are part of the infinite stories that the universe is telling us and that we are telling the universe.’ Packed with ideas and inspiration, The Mystery Feast offers numerous pathways into the magical world of storytelling. Beginning with a poem, ‘All we do’, Booker prize-winning novelist Ben Okri presents his considered thoughts on the purpose and meaning of stories, concluding with a series of condensed ‘Notes to the modern storyteller’. The collection is completed with a ‘stoku’ – a brief tale on the theme. Based on decades of honing his art, this stimulating booklet gives a glimpse into the mind of a master of contemporary storytelling.