“The maze wasn’t made for you”: Artificial consciousness and reflexive narration in Westworld (HBO, 2016-)

This paper describes how the science fiction television series Westworld (HBO, 2016-present) questions the very nature of consciousness through a reflexive narrative blending matters of free will and self interest with clues on how to write a serial character, thus drawing on the rich heritage of na...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Florent Favard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Groupe de Recherche Identités et Cultures 2018-12-01
Series:TV Series
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/tvseries/3040