Author : Edward Branigan
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110817594
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Book Synopsis Point of View in the Cinema by : Edward Branigan
Download or read book Point of View in the Cinema written by Edward Branigan and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-01-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.