CINEMA WITHIN THE AESTHETIC RELATION: FILM STUDIES AND GÉRARD GENETTE’S ART THEORY
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Keywords
- Throughout their histories
- film theory and analytical aesthetics have rarely shown points of contact. This paper attempts to overcome this impasse by showing the suitability of Genetteâ€
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- s aesthetics to film studies while tracing a broader reconnaissance of these misconnections. This essay is divided into two parts. First
- it identifies the reasons that have hindered the interactions between analytic aesthetics and film studies. Second
- it addresses the compatibility of some of the concepts Genette presents in his magnum opus The Aesthetic Relation to contemporary film studies
