Reflexivity refers to those moments in fiction and film when the work suddenly calls attention to itself as a fictional construct. For example, in literature a character might suddenly step out of the story and address the reader. This study of reflexivity in film and literature pays special attention to "Don Quixote", one of the first such examples of reflexivity in the novel, and to Jean-Luc Godard and the nouvelle vague in cinema, where self-reflection prevailed. It examines the rise of modernism, the complicity of the reader-spectator in creating illusion and the production process in film. The discussion of film includes "Rear Window", "Tom Jones" and "The French Lieutenant's Woman".
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Reflexivity in Film and Culture: From Don Quixote to Jean-Luc Godard (Paperback)
I have had this book since it was first released and have always found the notion of self-reflexivity fascinating. Self-reflexivity, as it was once explored by Brecht and by Vertov, is far from a mere stylistic device. It has far-reaching political implications. In these essays, Stam very clearly explores the roots of modernism through 5 chapter headings:
1- Allegories of Spectatorship (Hitchcock's voyeurism and Godard) 2- The Process of Production (Balzac, Vertov, Fellini, Truffaut, Wenders) 3- The Genre of Self-Consciousness (Woody Allen, Quixotic themes, Lolita, etc..) 4- The Carnival of Modernism (Godard pretty much takes over this chapter) 5- The Pleasures of Subversion (Brecht, Godard, split screens etc.) I would love to see this book in a more recent edition, with a chapter on user-generated content, and news-media analysis. A great read!
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a great resource on reflexivity in cinema,
This review is from: Reflexivity in Film and Culture: From Don Quixote to Jean-Luc Godard (Paperback)
This book is especially helpful on discovering the self-reflexive language of Godard and its relation to literature and Brecht. No redundant rhetoric, just to the point and quite informative.
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well-writen, erudite and quite interesting book,
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This review is from: Reflexivity in Film and Literature: From Don Quixote to Jean-Luc Godard (Hardcover)
This book is suprisingly clear and to a certain extend quite original as its theme concerns. I would recommend it to everybody as a helpful introduction to the problematics of textuality.
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