Ready Player One on Screen: Cline and Spielberg’s Alternative Canon

Ready Player One on Screen: Cline and Spielberg’s Alternative Canon

Nikolay Genov
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ABSTRACT

The paper compares the debut novel of author Ernest Cline and its film adaptation by director Steven Spielberg in terms of the way they construct and utilize an alternative canon, closely related to the video game culture. Of main interest to this study is the critical reception of both works and its possible implications.


Ready Player One on Screen: Cline and Spielberg’s Alternative Canon
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    INSTITUTION
    Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
    E-MAIL
    nk.genov@gmail.com
    COUNTRY
    Bulgaria

    Николай Генов, роден през 1994 г., е докторант по теория на литера- турата. Зачислен е към Катедра „Теория на литературата“, Факултет „Славянски филологии“ към СУ „Св. Климент Охридски“ през 2019 г. Неговите основни научни интереси са в областта на научна фантас- тиката, дигиталните медии и видеоигрите.