ROLAND BARTHES' CINEMA by Philip Watts, Dudley Andrew (Editor), Yves Citton (Editor) ( 9780190277543 )

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ROLAND BARTHES' CINEMA

By:

Philip Watts, Dudley Andrew (Editor), Yves Citton (Editor)

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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC

Pub. date:

30 March, 2016

Pages:

216

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Roland Barthes' Cinema offers the first systematic English-language critical treatment of Barthes' writing on cinema, reassessing the relevance of his work for a new generation of readers and filmgoers.

Synopsis:

The most famous name in French literary circles from the late 1950s till his death in 1981, Roland Barthes maintained a contradictory rapport with the cinema. As a cultural critic, he warned of its surreptitious ability to lead the enthralled spectator toward an acceptance of a pre-given world. As a leftist, he understood that spectacle could be turned against itself and provoke deep questioning of that pre-given world. And as an extraordinarily sensitive human being, he relished the beauty of images and the community they could bring together.

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