Point of View in the Cinema : : A Theory of Narration and Subjectivity in Classical Film / / Edward Branigan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics - <1990
• VerfasserIn: Branigan, Edward,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012]; ©1984
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: Reprint 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Approaches to Semiotics [AS] , 66
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Chapter 1 The Problem of Point of View --; Chapter 2 Film as System --; Chapter 3 Narration --; Chapter 4 Subjectivity --; Chapter 5 The Point-of-view Shot --; Chapter 6 Character Reflection and Projection --; Chapter 7 The Modern Text: Subjectivity under Siege from Fellini's 8 1/2 to Oshima's The Story of a Man Who Left His Will on Film --; Chapter 8 Metatheory --; Appendix Orthodox Theories of Narration --; Suggested Further Reading --; Index --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110817591; 9783110636772
• ISSN: 0066-5576
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110817591
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Edward Branigan.

Branigan effectively criticizes the communication model of narration, a task long overdue in Anglo-American circles. The book brings out the extent to which mainstream mimetic theories have relied upon the elastic notion of an invisible, idealized observer, a convenient spook whom critics can summon up whenever they desire to "naturalize" style. The book also makes distinctions among types of subjectivity; after this, we will have much more precise ways of tracing the fluctuations among a character's vision, dreams, wishes, and so forth. Branigan also explains the necessity of distinguishing levels of narration.