Global Cinema Studies in Landscape Allegory
Author | : David Melbye |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2024-08-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781666921212 |
ISBN-13 | : 1666921211 |
Rating | : 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Global Cinema Studies in Landscape Allegory explores the narrative and stylistic approaches to imbuing natural settings in audiovisual media with a psychological dimension – or, in other words, configuring a ‘landscape’ to function beyond its typical role as a backdrop – and the cultural contexts for this aesthetic impulse. Contributors argue that while audiovisual allegory can be understood as inherently avant-garde, certain kinds of stories – and the ways in which they are presented – can be categorized as a ‘landscape allegory.’ Focusing on the idea of a ‘landscape’ in the most concrete and literal form, contributions drawing from a global spectrum of cultural contexts work toward establishing a fuller and more culturally diverse understanding of landscape allegory in cinema.