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André Cowen
André Cowen is a Ph.D. student researching in the Centre for Adaptations at De Montfort University, where his subject focus is the adaptation, reception and interactivity of literature. André utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to the subject to cover a range of relevant research fields including videogames studies, specifically focused on ludology, narratology and adaptation, with the latter being a contemporary field formalizing itself within the twenty-first century. He is looking into the underexplored areas of video game adaptations, with his thesis focused around the case studies of Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher series (Sapkowski 1993–2013) and Dmitry Glukhovsky’s Metro series (Glukhovsky 2007–15). By utilizing this wide array of disciplines and applying them to these texts, this research demonstrates how transmedial and intermedial narratives have developed both literary and ludic techniques to incorporate multilinear narratives into transmedial storyworlds. He has previously presented papers which address topics such as how morality is perceived within video games.
Contact: Centre of Adaptations, De Montfort University, Clephan Building, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH, UK.