David Bordwell

Narration in the Fiction Film

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this study, David Bordwell offers the first comprehensive account of how movies use fundamental principles of narrative representation, unique features of the film medium, and diverse storytelling patterns to construct their fictional narratives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RU46348
• 1987.
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 1987
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 243mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 1055g
• ISBN-13: 9780415018777
• ISBN-10: 0415018773
• Artikelnr.: 22000032

Autorenporträt

David Bordwell is Professor of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART ONE: Some Theories of Narration I. Mimetic Theories of Narration 2. Diegetic Theories of Narration PART TWO: Narration and Film Form 3. The Viewer's Activity 4. Principles of Narration 5. Sin, Murder, and Narration 6. Narration and Time 7. Narration and Space PART THREE: Historical Modes of Narration 8. Modes and Norms 9. Classical Narration: The Hollywood Example 10. Art-Cinema Narration 11. Historical-Materialist Narration: The Soviet Example 12. Parametric Narration 13. Godard and Narration. Conclusion

Rezensionen

'This book is of crucial importance to film specialists. I cannot think that any film teacher/scholar would miss reading this work.' - Don Fredricksen, Cornell University '

Narration in the Fiction Film is an excellent study of issues in the analysis of narrative and a major contribution to work on analysing film narratives. His studies of particular films in this respect are exemplery and illuminating.' - Elizabeth Cowie, University of Kent