Filmic writing in greek postwar fiction (1949-2009): an essay in comparative poetics

Abstract

This thesis explores the impact of cinema on postwar Greek fiction. As an essay in comparative literature it poses questions regarding the nature and function of filmic writing. The method of analysis is mainly based on comparative poetics, with an emphasis on intertextuality, interarts studies, and intermediality. Genette’s narratological poetics, and especially the definition of the narrative mode of showing, were valuable in defining the poetics of filmic writing. The interrelations and convergences between postwar Greek prose and cinema are described as different themes and modes of representation. Thus each chapter analyses a dominant narrative (i.e. literary and cinematic) trope for each period. The socially concerned realism of Greek postwar fiction (1949-1967) is compared to the themes and tropes of Italian neorealist cinema. The disruption of the prose narrative in the following decades (1967-1981) is explored with help of the experimentations of the French New Wave, as well a ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/45900
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/45900
ND
45900
Alternative title
Η σχέση της ελληνικής μεταπολεμικής και μεταπολιτευτικής πεζογραφίας (1949-2009) με τον κινηματογράφο: μια εξέταση υπό το πρίσμα της συγκριτικής ποιητικής
Author
Fragkouli, Konstantina (Father's name: Avgerinos)
Date
2019
Degree Grantor
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Committee members
Γαραντούδης Ευριπίδης
Αγγελάτος Δημήτριος
Στεφανή Εύα
Ντουνιά Χριστίνα
Λεοντάρης Ιωάννης
Αγάθος Αθανάσιος
Ιωακειμίδου Λητώ
Discipline
Humanities and the ArtsLanguages and Literature
Humanities and the ArtsArts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)
Keywords
Modern greek prose; Cinema; Interarts studies; Comparative literature
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
588 σ., im.
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