Lucas Thompson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3947735 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucas Thompson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucas |
| FAMILY NAME | Thompson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMPSON L |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Sydney |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Private screenings
Though literary studies has developed a rich understanding of the way that certain Modernist, early-, and mid-twentieth-century writers responded to cinematic conventions in their work, and to a lesser extent postmodern novelists as well, we do not have a full account of how contemporary fiction is responding to the visual norms embedded within cinema, nor how readers intimately familiar with filmic form might be experiencing these novels. By rec…
Nathan for You and the New Sincerity aesthetic
This article argues that Comedy Central’s Nathan For You enacts a sophisticated critique of reality television and offers a different way of capturing ‘reality’ on the small screen. By exaggerating the format’s countless constraints, Nathan for You discovers a way to create real and moving drama from reality television conventions. Using examples taken from across the series, the article argues that the show exemplifies the New Sincerity aestheti…
Method Reading
This article sets forth a new way of thinking about the act of reading, by developing a generative metaphor that bypasses many of the problems inherent to critique—reading as a form of spontaneous method acting. This metaphor takes literary texts as invitations to engage in a particular kind of activity, wherein the reader does not merely identify with, develop sympathies for, or even recognize themselves in a fictional character, but actually pe…
Freedom and the Self
Method Reading
This article sets forth a new way of thinking about the act of reading, by developing a generative metaphor that bypasses many of the problems inherent to critique—reading as a form of spontaneous method acting. This metaphor takes literary texts as invitations to engage in a particular kind of activity, wherein the reader does not merely identify with, develop sympathies for, or even recognize themselves in a fictional character, but actually pe…
Freedom and the Self
Method Reading
This article sets forth a new way of thinking about the act of reading, by developing a generative metaphor that bypasses many of the problems inherent to critique—reading as a form of spontaneous method acting. This metaphor takes literary texts as invitations to engage in a particular kind of activity, wherein the reader does not merely identify with, develop sympathies for, or even recognize themselves in a fictional character, but actually pe…
Nathan for You and the New Sincerity aesthetic
This article argues that Comedy Central’s Nathan For You enacts a sophisticated critique of reality television and offers a different way of capturing ‘reality’ on the small screen. By exaggerating the format’s countless constraints, Nathan for You discovers a way to create real and moving drama from reality television conventions. Using examples taken from across the series, the article argues that the show exemplifies the New Sincerity aestheti…
Private screenings
Though literary studies has developed a rich understanding of the way that certain Modernist, early-, and mid-twentieth-century writers responded to cinematic conventions in their work, and to a lesser extent postmodern novelists as well, we do not have a full account of how contemporary fiction is responding to the visual norms embedded within cinema, nor how readers intimately familiar with filmic form might be experiencing these novels. By rec…
Philosophy (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Literary criticism (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Artistic and Creative Research (1 work)