Magical Realism in Transnational Cinema

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dc.contributor.advisorForsyth, James Scott
dc.contributor.authorLang, Cody Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-13T13:55:12Z
dc.date.available2020-11-13T13:55:12Z
dc.date.copyright2020-08
dc.date.issued2020-11-13
dc.date.updated2020-11-13T13:55:12Z
dc.degree.disciplineCinema and Media Studies
dc.degree.levelDoctoral
dc.degree.namePhD - Doctor of Philosophy
dc.description.abstractThis project is an analysis of the magical realist genre in cinema, specifically its multiple forms found in transnational cinema. The status of magical realism in film as a genre will be questioned and this project argues that the concept is best understand as a transgeneric critical category rather than a genre in the conventional understanding of the term. Magical realism as academic concept has been discussed in-depth in literary theory and this project extends those discussions into the field of cinema. The history of criticism of magical realism is summarized as it applies to studying film with special attention given towards the semiotic differences between literature and cinema. Furthermore, this project explicates the distinct ways that magical realism operates in cinema in contrast to literature while also noting the shared aesthetic strategies between each media. Each section covers a thematic topic observed in transnational magical realist cinema: metafiction in overt and covert forms; the representation of historicity; and the representation of marginalized subjectivities, specifically looking at how magical realist cinema presents issues of class, gender, race, and sexual identity. The final thematic discussion discusses the possibility of utopian discourses in magical realist cinema, the attempts to envision a less exploitative social collective according to a variety of cultural and national contexts in late-capitalism. Key films discussed in this project include: Death by Hanging (1968), Underground (1995), Naked Lunch (1991), Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974), Miracle in Milan (1951), The Tin Drum (1979), Synecdoche, New York (2008), Tropical Malady (2004), Gozu (2003), Daughters of the Dust (1991) among many other works.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/37945
dc.languageen
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dc.subjectLiterature
dc.subject.keywordsMagical realism
dc.subject.keywordsTransnational cinema
dc.subject.keywordsSemiotics
dc.subject.keywordsComparative literature
dc.titleMagical Realism in Transnational Cinema
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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