From Plato to Lumière: Narration and Monstration in Literature and Cinema

Andre Gaudreault

Published by University of Toronto Press 2009

From Plato to Lumière

Narration and Monstration in Literature and Cinema

Andre Gaudreault
Translated by: Timothy Barnard

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442688148

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About this book

With this lucid translation of Du litteraire au filmique, André Gaudreault's highly influential and original study of film narratology is now accessible to English-language audiences for the first time.

Author / Editor information

Gaudreault Andre :

André Gaudreault is a professor in the Department of Art History and Film Studies at l'Université de Montréal.Barnard Timothy :

Timothy Barnard is a film historian, publisher, and translator based in Montreal.

Reviews

Janine Marchessault, Media & Culture, York University:
'This translation of From Plato to Lumière will be greeted enthusiastically by English scholars who have not yet had the benefit of reading the work in its entirety, and will help to build an important bridge between French Quebec, France, and Anglo-American scholarship. The book's focus on early cinema, along with its theoretical precision, will make it required reading for all film courses and media scholars, and its publication in English will ensure that André Gaudreault's work finally gets the recognition it deserves.'

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Preface to the English-language edition Tom Gunning Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xxvii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Early Cinema and Narrativity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2. Narrative Problems Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
3. In Search of the First Film Narrative Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
4. Early Narratology: Mimesis and Diegesis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	38
5. Textual Narrative and Staged Narrative Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
6. Narration and Monstration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
7. The Narrator and the Monstrator Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
8. Narration and Monstration in the Cinema Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
9. The Film Narrative System Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
10. The Origins of the Film Narrator Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
11. Narrator(s) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
12. A Monstrative Entertainment, Assisted by Narration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
13. Delegated Film Narrators Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Afterword (1998): Cinema, Between Literariness and Intermediality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 224

eBook

Published: March 11, 2009
ISBN: 9781442688148