PSYCHOANALYSIS — footnote episodes

The Fantasy/Animation Footnotes continue with this latest examination of the many ‘rhetorics’ of fantasy that accounts for the mechanics by which fantasy writers can and do achieve their fantastical effects. Drawn from Farah Mendlesohn’s influential work on fantasy literature Rhetorics of Fantasy (2008), this Footnote has Alex reflect on the categorisation of fantasy and the value of Mendlesohn’s self-declared “tour around the skeletons and exoskeletons of the genre” to distinguish and divide kinds of storytelling practices.

FOOTNOTE PODCASTChristopher Holliday and Alexander SergeantOctober 28, 2024THEORY, PSYCHOANALYSIS, UNCONSCIOUSComment

Footnote #27 - Surrealism

Following up episodes on hyper-realism and photorealism, this latest instalment completes the unofficial Fantasy/Animation ‘realism’ trilogy (!) by focusing on the history, politics, and aesthetic concerns of surrealism.

FOOTNOTE PODCASTChristopher Holliday and Alexander SergeantApril 17, 2023SURREALISM, HISTORY, PSYCHOANALYSISComment

Footnote #23 - Phantasy

The story of phantasy (with a ‘ph’) forms the basis of this latest Footnote episode, a term that is as muddy and complex as its more familiar ‘f’ counterpart. Whereas ‘fantasy’ is associated with carefree, escapist enjoyment in the imagination, phantasy describes a process of meaning making within the human psyche, and is a psychological act that is a regular part of our engagement with - and understanding of - the world.