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Seeing fictions in film : the epistemology of movies /

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What happens when we view a movie? Do we actually see the fiction, and if so how? Literary fiction is recounted by a voice of some sort - the narrator. George M. Wilson explores the strategies of cinematic narration, and argues that this prompts viewers to imagine seeing and hearing events in the fi...

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Main Author: Wilson, George M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Motion pictures > Philosophy.
Motion pictures > Aesthetics.
Motion picture audiences.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Cinéma > Esthétique.
Cinéma > Publics.
Narration.
Cinéma > Philosophie.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Motion picture audiences
Motion pictures > Aesthetics
Motion pictures > Philosophy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:What happens when we view a movie? Do we actually see the fiction, and if so how? Literary fiction is recounted by a voice of some sort - the narrator. George M. Wilson explores the strategies of cinematic narration, and argues that this prompts viewers to imagine seeing and hearing events in the fictional world.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 220 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and index.
ISBN:9780191731440
0191731447
9780191618741
0191618748