Exploring Body Schema in Creative Imagination from Science Fiction Novels
The significance of creative imagination can not only guide us to the future,but also help humanity cope with possible problems(including crises).In order to overcome the relative deficiency,we must study the structure-mechanism of creative imagination.As thinking under the guidance of this goal,Ⅰgradually discovered the body schema inherent in the process of creative imagination:(1)Imagination means the body's self-projection,that is,the body moves forward into the future through empty practice and creates the corresponding future;(2)Creative imagination is a surplus production activity,but its subject is still the body(of course it may be the deformed body);In its development,"body-in-the world"is the most basic existentialist structure.These facts are more clearly revealed if they combined with the creation mechanism of science fiction.As a future-oriented literary creation,the authors must carefully imagine the relationship between the human body and other beings.The imagined world in this way has the"Utopian corporeality",reflecting the dominating body schema.
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