Theresa Hak Kyung Cha in Black and White

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha in Black and White explores the relation between text, author, and reader ¿ a nexus theorized as the 'apparatus' in Cha's study of cinema ¿ by tracing two key literary intertexts in Dictée: Henry James's 'The Jolly Corner,' a submerged literary resonance in Apparatus, Cha's anthology of film theory, and the writing of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, a primary intertext at the heart of Dictée. In Cha's film theory, black and white is the flicker of the cinematic apparatus, and the Elements readings consider this contrasting palette in self-reflexive portraits in black and white. This study reads flashes of identification, often in punishing self-encounters, and it dwells on the figure of the martyr to arrive at the death of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, the patron saint of artists and scholars fascinated by her art and her suffering.

List of contents

Introduction; Black and White; Alter Ego; Tragedy; Cinematic Love; Saint Thérèse; 'Until then'; 'I choose all!'; Saint Theresa Hak Kyung Cha; Envoi.

Summary

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha in Black and White explores the relation between text, author, and reader – a nexus theorized as the 'apparatus' in Cha's study of cinema – by tracing two key literary intertexts in Dictée: Henry James's 'The Jolly Corner,' and the writing of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux.

Foreword

This Element seeks out the martyred presence of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha in the pages of her masterwork Dictée.

Product details

• Authors: Josephine Nock-Hee, Josephine (University of Pennsylvania) Nock-Hee, Josephine Nock-Hee Park, Josephine Nock-Hee (University of Pennsylvan Park
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2023
• EAN: 9781009323437
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0932343-7
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Poetry and Poetics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Ireland, United Kingdom, Great Britain, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Literary theory, Film Theory & Criticism, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Film history, theory or criticism