Roland Barthes'' Cinema

Zusatztext [A] thoughtful book Watts approach uncovers unexpected riches in what have seemed to be minor moments in Barthes work. The book has chapters on film and myth, on film and perception, on Barthes and Bazin, on film and utopian politics, on film theory, on melodrama Roland Barthes Cinema also includes new translations (by Deborah Glassman) of nine of Barthes less well-known articles on film. s Informationen zum Autor Philip Watts was Professor of French at Columbia University and Chair of the department from 2008 to 2012. A specialist of twentieth-century French literature and film, he is the author of Allegories of the Purge: How Literature Responded to the Postwar Trials of Writers and Intellectuals in France and co-editor of Jacques Rancière: History, Politics, Aesthetics. Klappentext The most famous name in French literary circles from the late 1950s till his death in 1981, Roland Barthes maintained a contradictory rapport with the cinema. As a cultural critic, he warned of its surreptitious ability to lead the enthralled spectator toward an acceptance of a pre-given world. As a leftist, he understood that spectacle could be turned against itself and provoke deep questioning of that pre-given world. And as an extraordinarily sensitive human being, he relished the beauty of images and the community they could bring together. Zusammenfassung Roland Barthes' Cinema offers the first systematic English-language critical treatment of Barthes' writing on cinema, reassessing the relevance of his work for a new generation of readers and filmgoers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editors' Preface Introduction Chapter One - A Degraded Spectacle Chapter Two - Refresh the Perception of the World Chapter Three - Barthes and Bazin Chapter Four- Another Revolution Chapter Five - Exiting the Movie Theater Chapter Six - The Melodramatic Imagination Conclusion - From Barthes to Rancière? Interview With Jacques Rancière Nine Texts on the Cinema by Roland Barthes Barthes and Cinema: A Bibliography Index ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Philip Watts
• Con la collaborazione di: Dudley Andrew (Editore), Andrew Dudley (Editore), Yves Citton (Editore), Citton Yves (Editore), Vincent Debaene (Editore), Debaene Vincent (Editore), Sam Di Iorio (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 09.06.2016
• EAN: 9780190277543
• ISBN: 978-0-19-027754-3
• Pagine: 216
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV; Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism