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Theory, Aesthetics, and Politics in the Francophone World:
Filiations Past and Future offers a critical reflection on some of
the leading figures of twentieth-century French and Francophone
literature, cinema, and philosophy. Specialists re-evaluate the
historical, political, and artistic legacies of twentieth-century
France and the French-speaking world, proposing new formulations of
the relationships between fiction, aesthetics, and politics. This
collection combines interdisciplinary scholarship, nuanced
theoretical reflection, and contextualized analyses of literary,
cinematic, and philosophical practices to suggest alternative
critical paradigms for the twenty-first century. The contributors'
reappraisals of key writers, filmmakers, and intellectuals trace an
alternative narrative of their historical, cultural, or
intellectual legacy, casting a contemporary light on the aesthetic,
theoretical, and political questions raised by their works. Taken
as a whole, the essays generate a series of fresh perspectives on
French and Francophone literary and cultural studies.
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Roland Barthes' Cinema (Paperback)
Philip Watts; Edited by Dudley Andrew, Yves Citton, Vincent Debaene, Sam Di Iorio
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R1,208
Discovery Miles 12 080
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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The most famous name in French literary circles from the late 1950s
till his death in 1981, Roland Barthes maintained a contradictory
rapport with the cinema. As a cultural critic, he warned of its
surreptitious ability to lead the enthralled spectator toward an
acceptance of a pre-given world. As a leftist, he understood that
spectacle could be turned against itself and provoke deep
questioning of that pre-given world. And as an extraordinarily
sensitive human being, he relished the beauty of images and the
community they could bring together.
"Power to the imagination " is a famous May 1968 rallying cry. But
today, many of those who invoke the masses--Berlusconi, the Tea
Party, Geert Wilders and others--have intentions of a quite
different nature. This issue of "Open" addresses myth in the
political arena.
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