Film narratology / Peter Verstraten ; translated by Stefan van der Lecq.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verstraten, Peter.

Contributor:

Lecq, Stefan van der.

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

Narration (Rhetoric).

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--History.

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 259 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2009]

Summary:

Verstraten's book provides an indispensable guide to the narrato-logical analysis of films. Film Narratology is interdisciplinary in the best sense of the word, taking both narrative theory and film analysis seriously and in great detail. Concept-based, Verstraten's lucid dialogues between concepts and an enormous corpus of films, from Hollywood to avant-garde, are inspirational.'

Mieke Bal, Academy Professor of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science and author of Narratology. Introduction to the Theory of Narrative

Contents:

1 Is Cinema Essentially Narrative? 12

2 Basic Principles of Narratology 31

3 The Narrative Impact of the Mise en Scène 49

4 The Narrative Impact of Cinematography 66

5 Story and Fabula Disconnected through Editing 78

6 The Visual Narrator and Visual Focalization 96

7 Tension between the Visual and Auditive Narrators 125

8 Sound as a Narrative Force 146

9 The Narrative Principles of Genres 171

10 Filmic Excess: When Style Drowns the Plot 188.

Notes:

Translation of: Handboek Filmnarratologie.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780802093516

0802093515

9780802095053

0802095054

OCLC:

276340925