Intermedialities

“Intermediality/Intermedialities” stands for the thematic and/or formal links between individual art forms (literature, music, painting, photography, film, television, the internet etc.) and thus constitutes a key concept for new critical parameters. In current debates, the term “the intermedial turn” is used alongside parallel designations for similar paradigmatic changes. While intermediality as a concept is rooted in interart studies, many contemporary phenomena in the arts and the media must also be considered against their background in popular culture. In order to increase critical awareness in this field, this volume demonstrates the wide spectrum of topical definitions which fall under the umbrella term of „intermedialities.“ Aus dem Inhalt: Simulation, Simulacra, and Postmodern Mythmaking in The Matrix Trilogy – Robbie Williams, Irony, and Englishness – Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy and after Mr. Darcy – The Nanny: An American Sitcom and the British Governess Novel – Audiobooks and Reception Aesthetics – Satanic and Occult Rock Music – Native American Cinema – Inducing Psychosis in American Psycho – Pictorial Memory in John Banville’s The Sea – The Zorro Figure as an Icon of Popular Culture – Bonus Material as Bogus Material in Blood Simple – Towards an Intermedial Definition of the Science Fiction Genre Via Soundtracks – Edgar Allan Poe and The Simpsons Episode of “The Raven”