Classical Myth and Culture in the CinemaMartin M. Winkler Professor of Classics George Mason University Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema is a collection of essays presenting a variety of approaches to films set in ancient Greece and Rome and to films that reflect archetypal features of classical literature. The diversity of content and theoretical stances found in this volume will make it required reading for scholars and students interested in interdisciplinary approaches to text and image. |
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... stages annual productions of ancient drama , often in her own translation and adaptation . erling b. holtsmark is ... Stage ; and Star Myths : Tales of the Constellations . fred mench is Professor of Classics at the Richard Stockton ...
... stages annual productions of ancient drama , often in her own translation and adaptation . erling b. holtsmark is ... Stage ; and Star Myths : Tales of the Constellations . fred mench is Professor of Classics at the Richard Stockton ...
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... film pro- grams at the National Gallery of Art in Washington , D.C .: " Greek Trag- edy from Stage to Screen " and " Hollywood's Rome . " ix Contributors Classical Myth & Culture in the Cinema Introduction The mythology.
... film pro- grams at the National Gallery of Art in Washington , D.C .: " Greek Trag- edy from Stage to Screen " and " Hollywood's Rome . " ix Contributors Classical Myth & Culture in the Cinema Introduction The mythology.
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... stages and their audiences . It is therefore only appropriate for us today to widen our perspectives on culture , history , literature , and the visual arts . The Annales school of historiography has already demon- strated the gains ...
... stages and their audiences . It is therefore only appropriate for us today to widen our perspectives on culture , history , literature , and the visual arts . The Annales school of historiography has already demon- strated the gains ...
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... stage but also from himself . With a vague sense of discomfort he feels inexplicable empti- ness : his body loses his corporeality , it evaporates , it is deprived of reality , life , voice , and the noises caused by his moving about ...
... stage but also from himself . With a vague sense of discomfort he feels inexplicable empti- ness : his body loses his corporeality , it evaporates , it is deprived of reality , life , voice , and the noises caused by his moving about ...
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... stage . Since then , the worldwide popularity of moving photographic images — first in the cin- ema and then on television and computer screens — has made the distinc- tion of high and low culture even more questionable . Umberto Eco ...
... stage . Since then , the worldwide popularity of moving photographic images — first in the cin- ema and then on television and computer screens — has made the distinc- tion of high and low culture even more questionable . Umberto Eco ...
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Zinnemann Fred 8 n 7 122 279 n 17 | 17 |
Narrative Strategy in the Odyssey | 2 |
Michael Cacoyannis and Irene Papas on Greek Tragedy 72 | |
Iphigenia | |
A Visual Essay 102 | |
Tragic Features in John Fords The Searchers 118 | |
9 to 5 as Aristophanic Comedy 172 | |
Ancient Poetics and Eisensteins Films 193 | |
Peter Greenaways The Cook The Thief His Wife | |
The Social Ambience of Petronius Satyricon | |
Star Wars and the Roman Empire 272 | |
Teaching Classical Myth and Confronting Contemporary | |
The Sounds of Cinematic Antiquity 319 | |
Index 339 | |
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Page 19 - One might generalize by saying: the technique of reproduction detaches the reproduced object from the domain of tradition. By making many reproductions it substitutes a plurality of copies for a unique existence.
Page 6 - Talibus orabat dictis, arasque tenebat, cum sic orsa loqui vates : ' Sate sanguine divom, 125 Tros Anchisiade, facilis descensus Averno ; noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis ; sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, hoc opus, hie labor est.
Page 19 - Eisenstein — while asseverating the fundamentally intellectual nature of viewing: ". . .our cinema is not altogether without parents and without pedigree, without a past, without the traditions and rich cultural heritage of the past epochs.
Page 7 - ... crops in season, and there are meadow lands near the shores of the gray sea, well watered and soft; there could be grapes grown there endlessly, and there is smooth land for plowing, men could reap a full harvest always in season, since there is very rich subsoil. Also there is an easy harbor, with no need for a hawser nor anchor stones to be thrown ashore nor cables to make fast; one could just run ashore and wait for the time when the sailors' desire stirred them to go and the right winds were...
Page 16 - ... feels as if in exile - exiled not only from the stage but also from himself. With a vague sense of discomfort he feels inexplicable emptiness: his body loses its corporeality, it evaporates, it is deprived of reality, life, voice, and the noises caused by his moving about, in order to be changed into a mute image, flickering an instant on the screen, then vanishing into silence. . . . The projector will play with his shadow before the public, and he himself must be content to play before the...