The Visual Poetics of Raymond Carver

Ayala Amir (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

238 Seiten

2011
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9780739139226 (ISBN)

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The Visual Poetics of Raymond Carver draws on the study of visual arts to illuminate the short stories of noted author Raymond Carver, in the broader context of vision and visualization in a literary text. Ayala Amir examines Carver's use of the eye-of-the-camera technique. Amir uncovers the tensions that structure his visual aesthetics and examines assumptions that govern scholarly discussions of his work, relating these matters to the complex nature of photography and to the current "visual turn" of cultural studies. The research uses visual approaches to reflect upon traditional issues of narrative study-duration, dialogue, narration, description, frame, character, and meaning. Amir shows how Carver's visual aesthetics shapes the meaning of his stories, while also challenging accepted notions of the boundaries of "the literary."

Ayala Amir is lecturer in the Department of Comparative Literature at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 Part I. Movement
Chapter 3 Chapter One "I don't do motion shots" - Representation of Movement
Chapter 4 Chapter Two "Does that have a hidden meaning?" - Dialogue
Part 5 Part II. The Eye of the Camera
Chapter 6 Chapter Three "Whoever was using this bed" - Voice
Chapter 7 Chapter Four "Why do I notice that?" - Vision
Part 8 Part III. Seeing and Meaning
Chapter 9 Chapter Five Raymond Carver's "Man in a Case" - frame and Character
Chapter 10 Chapter Six Singularity or Doubleness- Effet de réel or Symbol?
Chapter 11 Conclusion

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.12.2011
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-13	9780739139226 / 9780739139226
Zustand	Neuware