The Ontological Hierarchy, Virtual/Real Duality and Quest for Freedom in The Matrix

碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 英國語文學系 === 98 === This thesis presents an interpretation of the ground-breaking 2000 film The Matrix in terms of religious themes (Gnosticism and Buddhism), Plato’s ontological hierarchy in The Republic, and Baudrillard’s theory of simulacra and hyperreality. In Chapter 1 the readi...

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Main Authors: Hsin-Chang Yu, 游信章
Other Authors: Frank W. Stevenson
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/32022624416428591589