Cinema and Its Discontents (eBook)

The Dialectical Nature of Character

Rush Zachariah Rush (Autor)

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2016
212 Seiten
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4766-2506-5 (ISBN)

Infos

The ultimate aim of drama is to expose the soul of Character. Dramatists achieve this objective by employing a specific type of conflict known as dialectic, a concept woven throughout Western thinking and--from Homer to 21st century cinema--the basis of all dramatic characters. This study details the history of dialectical thought from Plato to Jung before turning its focus to the development of character in a century of filmmaking. From Chaplin's Tramp to Taxi Driver's Travis Bickle, it examines more than two dozen cinematic characters governed by dialectic--torn between life and death, opposing desires, moralities and wills, their sense of self threatened by others.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.5.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 1-4766-2506-9 / 1476625069
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4766-2506-5 / 9781476625065