Point of View in the Cinema

A Theory of Narration and Subjectivity in Classical Film

von Edward Branigan

262 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Branigan effectively criticizes the communication model of narration, a task long overdue in Anglo-American circles. The book brings out the extent to which mainstream mimetic theories have relied upon the elastic notion of an invisible, idealized observer, a convenient spook whom critics can summon up whenever they desire to "naturalize" style. The book also makes distinctions among types of subjectivity; after this, we will have much more precise ways of tracing the fluctuations among a character's vision, dreams, wishes, and so forth. Branigan also explains the necessity of distinguishing levels of narration.

• Reihe: Approaches to Semiotics [AS]
• ISBN: 9789027930798
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.1984
• Genre: Kunst/Fotografie, Film, Video, TV
• Verlag: de Gruyter Mouton