Bakhtin and the Movies - New Ways of Understanding Hollywood Film

Martin Flanagan uses Bakhtin's notions of dialogism, chronotope and polyphony to address fundamental questions about film form and reception, focussing particularly on the way cinematic narrative utilises time and space in its very construction.

Sommario

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Dialogism and Film Studies: The Dialogic Spectator Chronotope I: Time, Space, Narrative Chronotope II: Time, Space and Genre in the Western Film Polyphony: Authorship and Power Hollywood Calling: Cinema's Technological Address Conclusion: Making It Real Notes Bibliography Filmography Index

Info autore

MARTIN FLANAGAN is Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at the University of Bolton, UK. His research explores the interrelated dynamics of narrative, genre and audience in contemporary cinema. He has published articles on several Hollywood genres including the Western, the action film, and the comic book adaptation, and on the directors Terrence Malick and Robert Rodriguez.

Riassunto

Martin Flanagan uses Bakhtin's notions of dialogism, chronotope and polyphony to address fundamental questions about film form and reception, focussing particularly on the way cinematic narrative utilises time and space in its very construction.

Testo aggiuntivo

'A well-needed instalment in the sparse critical work on Bakhtin and cinema...this study unlocks new ways of understanding the circulation and production of film meaning.'
- Hunter Vaughan, New Review of Film and Television Studies

Relazione

'A well-needed instalment in the sparse critical work on Bakhtin and cinema...this study unlocks new ways of understanding the circulation and production of film meaning.'
- Hunter Vaughan, New Review of Film and Television Studies

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: M Flanagan, M. Flanagan
• Editore: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9781349300938
• ISBN: 978-1-349-30093-8
• Pagine: 239
• Dimensioni: 141 mm x 14 mm x 216 mm
• Peso: 321 g
• Illustrazioni: XI, 239 p.
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV; B, History of Ideas, Film History, Intellectual History, History of philosophy, philosophical traditions, Philosophical Traditions, Intellectual life—History, Intellectual Studies, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Film and Television Studies, Film and TV History, Screen Studies, Motion pictures—History, Motion pictures and television, Film history, theory & criticism, Movement (Philosophy), cinema;film;Hollywood