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Fantômas (1964 Film)
Fantômas () is a fictional character created by French writers Marcel Allain (1885–1969) and Pierre Souvestre (1874–1914). One of the most popular characters in the history of French crime fiction, Fantômas was created in 1911 and appeared in a total of 32 volumes written by the two collaborators, then a subsequent 11 volumes written by Allain alone after Souvestre's death. The character was also the basis of various film, television, and comic book adaptations. In the history of crime fiction, he represents a transition from Gothic novel villains of the 19th century to modern-day serial killers and supervillains. It was partly influenced by the Era of Attacks (18921894) and most especially by the figure of Ravachol. The books and films were released in rapid succession anticipated current production methods of Hollywood, in two respects. First, the authors distributed the writing among themselves; their "working method was to draw up the general plot between them and then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oneirology
In the field of psychology, the subfield of oneirology (; ) is the scientific study of dreams. Research seeks correlations between dreaming and knowledge about the functions of the brain, as well as an understanding of how the brain works during dreaming as pertains to memory formation and mental disorders. The study of oneirology can be distinguished from dream interpretation in that the aim is to quantitatively study the process of dreams instead of analyzing the meaning behind them. History In the 19th century, two advocates of this discipline were the French sinologists Marquis d'Hervey de Saint Denys and Alfred Maury. The field gained momentum in 1952, when Nathaniel Kleitman and his student Eugene Aserinsky discovered regular cycles. A further experiment by Kleitman and William C. Dement, then another medical student, demonstrated the particular period of sleep during which electrical brain activity, as measured by an Electroencephalography, electroencephalograph (EEG), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
