1st Edition
Flashbacks in Film A Cognitive and Multimodal Analysis
By Adriana Gordejuela
Copyright 2021
190 Pages
33 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
190 Pages
33 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
190 Pages
33 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Flashbacks in Film examines film flashback as a rich multimodal narrative device, analyzing the cognitive underpinnings of film flashbacks and the mechanisms that lead viewers to successfully comprehend them.
Combining a cognitive film theory approach with the theoretical framework proposed by blending theory, which claims that human beings’ general ability for conceptual integration... Read more
1. Introduction: a cognitive approach to film; 2. Flashbacks in film; 3. Blended joint attention; 4. Viewpoint compression; 5. Time compression; 6 The whole picture; 7 Conclusions
Biography
Adriana Gordejuela is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Culture and Society of the University of Navarra, Spain.
"In conclusion, Gordejuela has put forward a book that is rich in content and that opens up new questions just as it answers its principal ones. As such, it is likely to spark productive discussions in many related research fields." - Federica Cavaletti
