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ASSASSIN`S CREED AS A FRACTAL UNDERWORLD
Victoria Vestić (2018)
University of Split
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split
Department of English Language and Literature
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Vestić, V. (2018). ASSASSIN`S CREED AS A FRACTAL UNDERWORLD (Master's thesis). Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:172:358156

Vestić, Victoria. "ASSASSIN`S CREED AS A FRACTAL UNDERWORLD." Master's thesis, University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split, 2018. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:172:358156

Vestić, Victoria. "ASSASSIN`S CREED AS A FRACTAL UNDERWORLD." Master's thesis, University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split, 2018. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:172:358156

Vestić, V. (2018). 'ASSASSIN`S CREED AS A FRACTAL UNDERWORLD', Master's thesis, University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split, accessed 21 October 2019, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:172:358156

Vestić V. ASSASSIN`S CREED AS A FRACTAL UNDERWORLD [Master's thesis]. Split: University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split; 2018 [cited 2019 October 21] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:172:358156

V. Vestić, "ASSASSIN`S CREED AS A FRACTAL UNDERWORLD", Master's thesis, University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split, Split, 2018. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:172:358156

Metadata
TitleASSASSIN`S CREED AS A FRACTAL UNDERWORLD
AuthorVictoria Vestić
MentorSimon John Ryle (mentor)
Committee memberIlonka Peršić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberSimon John Ryle (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberBrian Daniel Willems (član povjerenstva)
GranterUniversity of Split
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Split
Defense date and country2018-04-24, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
This thesis explores the fractal structure of the popular video game Assassin’s Creed (2008). It theorizes a model of fractal analysis which seems to overlap with a vision of a stratified underworld. It explores the existence of a political dimension to fractal aesthetics, which it claims is alert to important biopolitical insights concerning the situation of contemporary digital power. Drawing from Timothy Morton’s analysis of hyperobjects, it argues that fractals pertain to vital contemporary political questions. Analysing Steven Shaviro’s concept of modulation, the essay finds fractal analysis to be alert to contemporary questions of digital biopolitics. The essay claims that the fractal structure of Assassin’s Creed constitutes an innovative recognition of the biopolitics of video game playing.
Abstract (croatian)
Ovaj diplomski rad istražuje fraktalnu strukturu popularne video igre Assassin's Creed (2008). Također se postavlja teorijska osnova fraktalne analize koja se poklapa sa strukturom stratificiranog podzemnog svijeta. Ispituje se mogućnost postojanja političke dimenzije fraktalne estetike, za koju tvrdim da je relevantna u istraživanju važnih biopolitičkih uvida u suvremenu digitalnu moć. Polazeći od analize hiperobjekata Timothyja Mortona, tvrdim da fraktalnost igra ulogu u važnim suvremenim političkim pitanjima. Služeći se analizom pojma modulacije Stevena Shavira, ovaj rad dokazuje da je fraktalna analiza relevantna u istraživanju suvremenih problema digitalne biopolitike. Rad zaključuje da fraktalna struktura video igre Assassin's Creed ukazuje na biopolitiku video igara.
Keywords
Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:172:358156
Study programmeTitle: English Studies; specializations in: Teacher Education , Translator/Interpreter Education
Course: Translator/Interpreter Education
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
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