Buch, Englisch, Band 66, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 639 g
Reihe: Approaches to Semiotics [AS]
A Theory of Narration and Subjectivity in Classical Film
Buch, Englisch, Band 66, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 639 g
Reihe: Approaches to Semiotics [AS]
ISBN: 978-90-279-3079-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
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.