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Filmspeak - How to Understand Literary Theory by Watching Movies (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R3,978
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Filmspeak - How to Understand Literary Theory by Watching Movies (Hardcover, New): Edward Tomarken

Filmspeak - How to Understand Literary Theory by Watching Movies (Hardcover, New)

Edward Tomarken

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"Filmspeak" is an accessible, innovative book which uses specific examples to show how once arcane literary and cultural theory has infiltrated popular culture. Theory reaches us in ways we do not even realize. Issues such as the nature of knowledge or truth, the function of personal response in interpretation, the nature of the forces of politics, the female alternative to the male view of the world, are fundamental for all of us. And intelligent analysis of the relationship between literary theory and popular culture can help us to understand our fast-changing world.Here, experienced literary scholar and teacher Edward L. Tomarken explains how it is possible to study the rudiments of literary theory by watching and analyzing contemporary mainstream movies - from "The Dark Knight" to "Kill Bill," and from "The Social Network" to "The Devil Wears Prada." Theorists discussed include Foucault, Jameson, Iser, and Cixous. Tomarken brilliantly demonstrates that anyone can grasp modern literary theory by way of mainstream movies without having to wade through stacks of impenetrable jargon.

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Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Country of origin: United States
Release date: November 2012
First published: November 2012
Authors: Edward Tomarken
Dimensions: 222 x 137 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages: 208
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-8264-2892-9
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory
Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture
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LSN: 0-8264-2892-4
Barcode: 9780826428929

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