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Roland Barthes’ cinema

By Watts , Philip

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2016
ISBN
0190277548, 9780190277543, 9780190277567, 0190277564
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2512260 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
216\217
Time added
2017-04-22 03:00:00
BarthesRoland,;1915-1980;Motion pictures;Philosophy;MotioRoland;BarthesRoland;Criticism and interpretationRoland;Criticism and interpretation;Barthes

Description

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.

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