The Visual Poetics of Raymond Carver
The Visual Poetics of Raymond Carver draws on the study of visual arts to illuminate the short stories of noted author Raymond Carver, in the broader context of vision and visualization in a literary text. Ayala Amir examines Carver's use of the eye-of-the-camera technique. Amir uncovers the tensions that structure his visual aesthetics and examines assumptions that govern scholarly discussions of his work, relating these matters to the complex nature of photography and to the current "visual turn" of cultural studies. The research uses visual approaches to reflect upon traditional issues of narrative study-duration, dialogue, narration, description, frame, character, and meaning. Amir shows how Carver's visual aesthetics shapes the meaning of his stories, while also challenging accepted notions of the boundaries of "the literary."
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The Visual Poetics of Raymond Carver
The Visual Poetics of Raymond Carver draws on the study of visual arts to illuminate the short stories of noted author Raymond Carver, in the broader context of vision and visualization in a literary text. Ayala Amir examines Carver's use of the eye-of-the-camera technique. Amir uncovers the tensions that structure his visual aesthetics and examines assumptions that govern scholarly discussions of his work, relating these matters to the complex nature of photography and to the current "visual turn" of cultural studies. The research uses visual approaches to reflect upon traditional issues of narrative study-duration, dialogue, narration, description, frame, character, and meaning. Amir shows how Carver's visual aesthetics shapes the meaning of his stories, while also challenging accepted notions of the boundaries of "the literary."
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The Visual Poetics of Raymond Carver

The Visual Poetics of Raymond Carver

by Ayala Amir
The Visual Poetics of Raymond Carver
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The Visual Poetics of Raymond Carver

The Visual Poetics of Raymond Carver

by Ayala Amir

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The Visual Poetics of Raymond Carver draws on the study of visual arts to illuminate the short stories of noted author Raymond Carver, in the broader context of vision and visualization in a literary text. Ayala Amir examines Carver's use of the eye-of-the-camera technique. Amir uncovers the tensions that structure his visual aesthetics and examines assumptions that govern scholarly discussions of his work, relating these matters to the complex nature of photography and to the current "visual turn" of cultural studies. The research uses visual approaches to reflect upon traditional issues of narrative study-duration, dialogue, narration, description, frame, character, and meaning. Amir shows how Carver's visual aesthetics shapes the meaning of his stories, while also challenging accepted notions of the boundaries of "the literary."

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780739139233
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 07/17/2010
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 230
File size: 492 KB

About the Author

Ayala Amir is lecturer in the Department of Comparative Literature at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 Part I. Movement
Chapter 3 Chapter One "I don't do motion shots" - Representation of Movement
Chapter 4 Chapter Two "Does that have a hidden meaning?" - Dialogue
Part 5 Part II. The Eye of the Camera
Chapter 6 Chapter Three "Whoever was using this bed" - Voice
Chapter 7 Chapter Four "Why do I notice that?" - Vision
Part 8 Part III. Seeing and Meaning
Chapter 9 Chapter Five Raymond Carver's "Man in a Case" - frame and Character
Chapter 10 Chapter Six Singularity or Doubleness- Effet de réel or Symbol?
Chapter 11 Conclusion
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