Imperfect Worlds and Dystopian Narratives in Contemporary Cinema - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 3631614896 ISBN 13: 9783631614891

Casa editrice: Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2011

Riassunto

Imperfect Worlds and Dystopian Narratives in Contemporary Cinema is a collection of studies on filmic dystopias: Goto, the Island of Love; Even Dwarfs Started Small; Stalker; Videodrome; Sexmission; Ga-ga: Glory to the Heroes; Kingsajz; Equilibrium; V for Vendetta; Children of Men; The Aerial. Employing a variety of theoretical perspectives (from cultural semiotics to post-structuralist approach), the authors analyse films from different cultural, linguistic and political contexts, demonstrating the interplay between the formulaic dystopian facade and narratological inventiveness, heightened intertextuality, and generic hybridity. The contributors also explore the ways in which dystopian cinema adapts the motifs and techniques borrowed from classic literary dystopias.

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L'autore:

Artur Blaim, Professor of English and Chair of English Literature Department at Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin; author of books and articles on English utopian fiction, desert island narratives, and cultural semiotics.
Ludmila Gruszewska-Blaim, Associate Professor of English and American Studies, University of Gdansk; author and co-editor of books on 20th century poetry and prose, literary theory, fictional worlds in literature and cinema.

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• Editore: Peter Lang Pub Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 3631614896
• ISBN 13: 9783631614891
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 190
• Redattore: Blaim Artur, Gruszewska-blaim Ludmila