scholarly journals W. G. Sebald: reino dos mortos e espetáculo midiático | W. G. Sebald: realm of the dead and mediatic spectacle

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-100
Author(s):  
Kelvin Falcão Klein
Keyword(s):  
Literary Production ◽  
Friedrich Kittler ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Theoretical Reflection

O objetivo do artigo é investigar as possíveis relações entre a reflexão teórica de Friedrich Kittler (especialmente em seu livro Grammophon Film Typewriter) e a produção literária de W. G. Sebald (especialmente seu último romance, Austerlitz). Minha hipótese é que Sebald mescla dois registros diagnosticados por Kittler: acessa o “reino dos mortos” (codificado com base nos resíduos materiais das fotografias) a partir tanto do paradigma técnico-midiático inaugurado com o gramofone, o filme e a máquina de escrever quanto do paradigma anterior, literário e alucinatório, apreendido por Kittler nas obras de Poe e Balzac, entre outros.Palavras-chave: W. G. Sebald. Friedrich Kittler. Mídia. Fotografia. Romance. AbstractThe aim of the article is to investigate possible contacts between Friedrich Kittler's theoretical reflection (especially in his book Grammophon Film Typewriter) and the literary production of W. G. Sebald (especially his latest novel, Austerlitz). My hypothesis is that Sebald merges two fields diagnosed by Kittler: he accesses the “realm of the dead” (coded from the material residues of photographs) from both the technical-media paradigm inaugurated with the “gramophone, film and typewriter” and from the previous paradigm, literary and hallucinatory, apprehended by Kittler in the works of Poe and Balzac, among others.Keywords: W. G. Sebald. Friedrich Kittler. Media. Photography. Novel.ORCIDhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-8997-1174

scholarly journals Into the Rabbit Hole: The Realism of Simulation

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-50
Author(s):  
Mojca Krevel
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Literary Production ◽  
Literary Response ◽  
Dead End ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Contemporary Reality ◽  
Great Tradition ◽  
American Authors

In the first half of the 1980s, at the height of the postmodernist theoretical debate, the actual literary production already showed signs of fatigue from the postmodernist dictum. Especially the works of American authors from the 1980s onwards show an increasing tendency to abandon the dead-end loops of postmodernist autoreferentiality, and to focus on various aspects of tangible reality instead. The paper argues that such practice should not be considered or theorised in terms of falling back on the great tradition of realism but rather as a necessary literary response to the mechanisms governing the changing of the epochs. My intention is to show that the allegedly realistic modes of contemporary American writing correspond to the epochal social, cultural and political changes accompanied by the rise of digital media. As such, these works effectively reflect, comment on and contribute to the contemporary reality that can no longer be adequately described or theorised about in terms of Cartesian metaphysics.

An Alternative Method for Identifying a Failed Engine in Twin-Engine Propeller Aircraft

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-111
Author(s):  
Andrey K. Babin ◽  
Andrew R. Dattel ◽  
Margaret F. Klemm
Keyword(s):  
Human Error ◽  
Flight Simulator ◽  
Traditional Group ◽  
Aircraft Accidents ◽  
Alternative Method ◽  
Indicator Group ◽  
Group A ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Engine Failure ◽  
And Performance

Abstract. Twin-engine propeller aircraft accidents occur due to mechanical reasons as well as human error, such as misidentifying a failed engine. This paper proposes a visual indicator as an alternative method to the dead leg–dead engine procedure to identify a failed engine. In total, 50 pilots without a multi-engine rating were randomly assigned to a traditional (dead leg–dead engine) or an alternative (visual indicator) group. Participants performed three takeoffs in a flight simulator with a simulated engine failure after rotation. Participants in the alternative group identified the failed engine faster than the traditional group. A visual indicator may improve pilot accuracy and performance during engine-out emergencies and is recommended as a possible alternative for twin-engine propeller aircraft.

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