Francesca Arnavas
Biographic Data
| ID | 5767097 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francesca Arnavas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francesca |
| FAMILY NAME | Arnavas |
| SIGNATURE | ARNAVAS F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tartu |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7876-8015 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Watery uncanny metamorphoses: Mermaids, hybridity, posthumanism
The figure of the mermaid offers a fertile lens through which to explore the uncanny and the symbolic, material, and imaginative potentials of water. The main argument this article develops through its three sections is that the fictional figure of the mermaid exemplifies how the uncanny in arts and literature can generate new imaginaries that help us confront contemporary societal and environmental challenges. In particular, the article focuses …
Mind Wandering and Water Metaphors: Towards a Reconceptualisation of Immersion and Fictional Worlds
Mind wandering is a mental activity that occupies up to 50% of our waking time. While scientists have now started to acknowledge and to study the creative potential of mind wandering for our imaginative skills, fiction has long recognised its value. This article focuses on the depiction of mind wandering in fiction, with examples ranging from Virginia Woolf’s The Waves to Ayumu Watanabe’s movie Children of the Sea. In particular, I focus on how i…
September didn't know what sort of story she was in: The Hybrid Genres of Uncanny Fairy Tales
September didn't know what sort of story she was in":The Hybrid Genres of Uncanny Fairy Tales Francesca Arnavas (bio) "New forms of belief—and new literary forms—can be hewn out of contraries. Even when no longer regarded as pre-existent and authoritative, old constructs can survive if modified, respliced, readapted." (Knoepflmacher, "Introduction: Hybrid Forms and Cultural Anxiety" 2). "The world of birds, of monsters, of Or's beauty was the sam…
Chronotopic imaginaries: A narrative approach to the letters from the post-pandemic future
History trapped into eternity: Kinesis and stasis in The Leopard
The complex and often paradoxical representation of time and history in Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s The Leopard has its roots in an existential vision which is charged with different meanings and shadowed by a dark pessimism. In order to convey his peculiar perspective, Lampedusa uses specific narrative techniques, transforming earthly elements into eternal symbols. In turn, Luchino Visconti, in his movie adaptation of the novel, translates th…
And dreaming through the twilight / That doth not rise nor set, / Haply I may remember, / And haply may forget’: The Ambivalence of the Sleeping Beauty Myth in Victorian Culture
The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland
Wonderland may exist only in Alice’s head, but once we have visited it in her company it exists in our heads too. And because this door never altogether shuts behind us, after we return to the life
Chronotopic imaginaries: A narrative approach to the letters from the post-pandemic future
History trapped into eternity: Kinesis and stasis in The Leopard
The complex and often paradoxical representation of time and history in Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s The Leopard has its roots in an existential vision which is charged with different meanings and shadowed by a dark pessimism. In order to convey his peculiar perspective, Lampedusa uses specific narrative techniques, transforming earthly elements into eternal symbols. In turn, Luchino Visconti, in his movie adaptation of the novel, translates th…
The Story of Alice: Lewis Carroll and the Secret History of Wonderland
Wonderland may exist only in Alice’s head, but once we have visited it in her company it exists in our heads too. And because this door never altogether shuts behind us, after we return to the life
And dreaming through the twilight / That doth not rise nor set, / Haply I may remember, / And haply may forget’: The Ambivalence of the Sleeping Beauty Myth in Victorian Culture
History trapped into eternity: Kinesis and stasis in The Leopard
The complex and often paradoxical representation of time and history in Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s The Leopard has its roots in an existential vision which is charged with different meanings and shadowed by a dark pessimism. In order to convey his peculiar perspective, Lampedusa uses specific narrative techniques, transforming earthly elements into eternal symbols. In turn, Luchino Visconti, in his movie adaptation of the novel, translates th…
Chronotopic imaginaries: A narrative approach to the letters from the post-pandemic future
September didn't know what sort of story she was in: The Hybrid Genres of Uncanny Fairy Tales
September didn't know what sort of story she was in":The Hybrid Genres of Uncanny Fairy Tales Francesca Arnavas (bio) "New forms of belief—and new literary forms—can be hewn out of contraries. Even when no longer regarded as pre-existent and authoritative, old constructs can survive if modified, respliced, readapted." (Knoepflmacher, "Introduction: Hybrid Forms and Cultural Anxiety" 2). "The world of birds, of monsters, of Or's beauty was the sam…
Mind Wandering and Water Metaphors: Towards a Reconceptualisation of Immersion and Fictional Worlds
Mind wandering is a mental activity that occupies up to 50% of our waking time. While scientists have now started to acknowledge and to study the creative potential of mind wandering for our imaginative skills, fiction has long recognised its value. This article focuses on the depiction of mind wandering in fiction, with examples ranging from Virginia Woolf’s The Waves to Ayumu Watanabe’s movie Children of the Sea. In particular, I focus on how i…
Watery uncanny metamorphoses: Mermaids, hybridity, posthumanism
The figure of the mermaid offers a fertile lens through which to explore the uncanny and the symbolic, material, and imaginative potentials of water. The main argument this article develops through its three sections is that the fictional figure of the mermaid exemplifies how the uncanny in arts and literature can generate new imaginaries that help us confront contemporary societal and environmental challenges. In particular, the article focuses …
Art (6 works) · Aesthetics (5 works) · Literature (5 works) · History (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · History (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (2 works)