Description
Martin Flanagan uses Bakhtin's notions of dialogism, chronotope and polyphony to address fundamental questions about film form and reception, focussing particularly on the way cinematic narrative utilises time and space in its very construction.
About the Author
MARTIN FLANAGAN is Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at the University of Bolton, UK. His research explores the interrelated dynamics of narrative, genre and audience in contemporary cinema. He has published articles on several Hollywood genres including the Western, the action film, and the comic book adaptation, and on the directors Terrence Malick and Robert Rodriguez.
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Book Information
ISBN 9781349300938
Author M. Flanagan
Format Paperback
Page Count 239
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
About the Author
MARTIN FLANAGAN is Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at the University of Bolton, UK. His research explores the interrelated dynamics of narrative, genre and audience in contemporary cinema. He has published articles on several Hollywood genres including the Western, the action film, and the comic book adaptation, and on the directors Terrence Malick and Robert Rodriguez.
Reviews
'A well-needed instalment in the sparse critical work on Bakhtin and cinema...this study unlocks new ways of understanding the circulation and production of film meaning.'
- Hunter Vaughan, New Review of Film and Television Studies
Book Information
ISBN 9781349300938
Author M. Flanagan
Format Paperback
Page Count 239
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan
