Klevan Aesthetic evaluation and film

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5261-3256-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

This book provides an in-depth, holistic examination of evaluative aesthetics and criticism and how they apply to film. Suitable for students of films studies and philosophical aesthetics, undergraduates and postgraduates, it also provides a supportive framework for academics researching or teaching in the area.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klevan, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
PART I: What is evaluative aesthetics?
1.1 The origin and definition of aesthetics
1.2 The aesthetic attitude
1.3 Aesthetic taste
1.4 Sensory immediacy
1.5 Aesthetic pleasure
1.6 Seeking agreement
1.7 Imagination
1.8 Aesthetic appreciation
1.9 Form and style
1.10 Aesthetic qualities
1.11 Specificity
PART II: What is aesthetic criticism?
2.1 Evaluation
2.2 Understanding and interpretation
2.3 Perception
2.4 Experience
2.5 Particularity and responsiveness
2.6 Description and analysis
2.7 Close reading
2.8 Comparison, category, and context
2.9 Intention, achievement, and skill
2.10 Evaluative criteria
2.11 Reasons, argument, and objectivity
2.12 Subjectivity, contingency, and the relational
PART III: The aesthetic evaluation of film
3.1 Medium
3.2 Constraint
3.3 Convention
3.4 Choice and expectation
3.5 Encouraging perceptual activity
3.6 Prominence
3.7 Pattern
3.8 Relation
A note on pedagogy
Bibliography
Filmography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew Klevan is Associate Professor of Film Studies at the University of Oxford. He is the author of Barbara Stanwyck (2013), Film Performance: From Achievement to Appreciation (2005) and Disclosure of the Everyday: Undramatic Achievement in Narrative Film (2000).