Tag: literary
S.B.L. Book Review Session on “Perspective Criticism” (part 5)
by MATTHEW WHITLOCK It is appropriate to respond to Gary’s work with a quote from the crafter-of-point-of view-in-chief, Marcel Proust: “Only by art can we emerge from ourselves, can we know what another sees of this universe that is not the same as ours and whose landscapes would have remained as unknown to us as… Read More ›
The Ideological Plane of Point of View: “so crucial, yet so misunderstood” (part 1)
by GARY YAMASAKI The concluding paragraph of this post mentions that much work needs to be done to clarify the role of the ideological plane of point of view in a storyteller’s efforts to dictate through whose point of view their audience experiences a given event, and this post constitutes a first step in that regard. Of… Read More ›
Narration in Film: Edward Branigan on Point of View versus Focalization
by LAURA COPIER In this short post, I’d like to introduce one of the key works in the field of narration and film: Edward Branigan’s 1992 study Narrative Comprehension and Film. For a thorough introduction to cinematic narration and its links to literary devices I would suggest reading Branigan in tandem with David Bordwell’s monumental … Read More ›
Unmixing Our Metaphors, Media, and Methods: A Response to Phil Ruge-Jones
by LEON SEAMAN Gary Yamasaki’s work on point-of-view dynamics is rooted in literary criticism, but draws on the analogy of camera angle in film to illustrate these dynamics. When I read his first book, Watching a Biblical Narrative, its title suggested the interaction between reading text and watching film or live performance. Yet it might… Read More ›
PERSPECTIVE CRITICISM 