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A philosophy of the screenplay / Ted Nannicelli.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nannicelli, Ted, author.
- Series:
- Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
- Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; 49
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion picture authorship.
- Motion picture plays--History and criticism.
- Motion picture plays.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (277 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Recently, scholars in a variety of disciplines-including philosophy, film and media studies, and literary studies-have become interested in the aesthetics, definition, and ontology of the screenplay. To this end, this volume addresses the fundamental philosophical questions about the nature of the screenplay: What is a screenplay? Is the screenplay art-more specifically, literature? What kind of a thing is a screenplay? Nannicelli argues that the screenplay is a kind of artefact; as such, its boundaries are determined collectively by screenwriters, and its ontological nature is determined c
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Definition. What is a screenplay? An intentional-historical formalist definition
- Defending the definition: intentionality, history, and artifact concepts
- Art status
- The historical narrative approach to identifying art: exegesis and defense
- From playwriting to screenwriting: the historical narrative
- Ontology. Objections and ontology: (I) is the screenplay an autonomous work of art?
- Instructions and artworks: musical scores, theatrical scripts, architectural plans, and screenplays
- Objections and ontology: (II) is the screenplay literature?
- Towards an ontology of the screenplay
- Appreciation. The appreciation of the screenplay as literature.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-08541-2
- 1-283-97279-4
- 0-203-06910-2
- 1-135-08542-0
- 9780203069103
- OCLC:
- 827208948
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