Classical Hollywood Narrative: The Paradigm Wars
By Unknown Author.
Description
Since the 1970s film studies has been dominated by a basic paradigm—the concept of classical Hollywood cinema—that is, the protagonist-driven narrative, valued for the way it achieves closure by neatly answering all of the enigmas it raises. It has been held to be a form so powerful that its aesthetic devices reinforce gender positions in society. In a variety of ways, the essays collected here—representing the work of some of the most innovative theorists writing today—challenge this paradigm.Significantly expanded from a special issue of South Atlantic Quarterly (S...
ISBN(s)
0822312999, 9780822312994
