fiction

Insights into the adolescent condition through Holden Caulfield and the Catcher in the Rye

Article

Yasin Tuncer

21/10/2024

17 minutes to read

This paper seeks to illustrate how the 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye's depiction of adolescent alienation, anxiety and survivor's guilt could provide valuable insights into the adolescent condition in contemporary times.

Keep on Reading Fiction. 2023 in three fictional novels

Column

Odile Heynders

22/12/2023

6 minutes to read

The Orphanage by Serhi Zhadan, Tremor by Teju Cole, and The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck are literary texts that put 2023 in perspective. How does literature counterbalance oversimplification in the complicated times we live in?

Daniel Radcliffe in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

How Weird Al Yankovic changed the game, again.

Paper

Ot van de Rijzen

30/08/2023

9 minutes to read

This paper offers an analysis of the film Weird: The Al Yankovic Story and how it masterfully parodies the biopic genre.

Derry Girls: Fictional Perspective on Real History

Article

Anna Skorodihina

25/10/2023

12 minutes to read

This article looks at how the Northern Irish TV show Derry Girls portrays truthful and fictional narratives to create a realistic piece of media, represent the time frame of The Troubles and gain the attention of viewers.

Members of the Boston Red Cloaks carried signs hung from clothing hangers as they marched on the State House and advocated for reproductive freedom

The Handmaid's Tale: Transmedia storytelling and Activism

Article

Iva Konstantinova

14/11/2022

10 minutes to read

The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian text that underscores women's activism, bearing its transmedia potential. This article, therefore, examines how its thematic focus transcends other media toward political advancement for women.

Fact and Fiction, Trust and Distrust: 2nd TSHD Digital Humanities Symposium

Call

Inge van de Ven

28/02/2022

2 minutes to read

Call for papers: TSHD Digital Humanities Symposium, Fact and Fiction, Trust and Distrust. June 29 & 30

Two women read a digital story on their phone.

Digital Storytelling

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With daily activities and life moving online, digital stories that are specifically created for online publication are appearing. Digital stories make use of the the media's interactive, mulitplatform and multimodal affordances.

Waking Life and Aesthetics of Liminality

Paper

Gürhan Camgöz

24/12/2021

13 minutes to read

The cinematic viewing experience and the dream states have a comparable quality. Waking Life is an interesting and perplexing film about dreams and the nature of reality, that dares us to question whether we are dreaming or awake.