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Noir and Blanchot
William S. Allen
其他書名
Deteriorations of the Event
出版Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2020-01-23
主題Literary Criticism / European / FrenchLiterary Criticism / Modern / 20th CenturyLiterary Criticism / Comparative LiteraturePerforming Arts / Film / Genres / CrimePerforming Arts / Film / GeneralLiterary Criticism / GeneralPhilosophy / History & Surveys / Modern
ISBN15013589289781501358920
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Cw-_DwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋In dark or desperate times, the artwork is placed in a difficult position. Optimism seems naïve, while pessimism is no better. During some of the most demanding years of the 20th century two distinctive bodies of work sought to respond to this problem: the writings of Maurice Blanchot and American film noir. Both were seeking not only to respond to the times but also to critically reflect them, but both were often criticised for their own darkness. Understanding how this darkness became the means of responding to the darkness of the times is the focus of Noir and Blanchot, which examines key films from the period (including Double Indemnity and Vertigo) alongside Blanchot's writings (particularly his 1948 narrative Death Sentence).

What emerges from this investigation is the complex manner in which these works disrupt the experience of time and the event and in doing so expose an entirely different mode of material expression.