| This thesis combines a creative project with an analytical discussion of that project. The creative project involves the creation of an approach to intermedia which I call "photonarrative." That is, photonarrative is a unique combining of various color photographs with quotations drawn from one particular work of literature. The work of literature to which the photographs are connected is not identified; nor do the photographs "illustrate" events from the work. In photonarrative, as I will show, the combining leads the viewer to a heightened level of interpretation and "seeing." The analytical portion of the thesis will include not only a recreation of the artistic process by which I designed and constructed this specific example of photonarrative, but also a theoretical consideration of the implications of this joining of the visual with the verbal for a general theory of aesthetics.; In accordance with the interdisciplinary philosophy of the School of Arts and Humanities, this thesis involves a fusion of creative and critical acuity. The creative aspect involves a merging of verbal with visual art. The critical analysis touches on such disparate disciplines as literary theory, psychology, and aesthetics. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)... |
