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An Integral Analysis of Martin Scorsese´s 'Taxi Driver'
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Februar 2012
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9783656130680 |
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9783656130680 |
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Grin Verlag |
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Kartoniert |
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English
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H 210 mm / B 148 mm / D 3 mm |
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51 gr |
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24 |
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Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: 1,5, University of Trier, course: The Films of Martin Scorsese, language: English, abstract: Introduction
Starting point for my term paper was the question of how to approach such a complex work of art, since I had no previous experience or theoretical knowledge in the analysis of films. It quickly dawned on me that a literal analysis of the film¿s plot and its characters under particular consideration of the author¿s intention, that I was used to in the field of literary studies, would be dysfunctional, since there were too many creative sources involved in the genesis of a film. To further complicate matters, I became in my search for appropriate secondary literature quickly acquainted with some post-modern scholars such as Robin Wood, who sees Paul Schrader as a
¿neo-fascist¿, ¿whose films amount to a systematic
repudiation of all minority groups and any possible social alternative, in order to re-assert a quasi-mystical sense of male supremacy, heterosexual superiority, and a total spurious "transcendence". [...] the film's interest is inseparable from its sense of confusion, its failure to define a coherent attitude towards its protagonist.¿ (Wood)
Since I was convinced that there was more to Taxi Driver than its ¿sense of confusion¿ and, that a coherent, clear analysis was possible, though coming to a definite conclusion might not be possible due to its character¿s ambivalence, I intended my term paper to be a step out of this academic mingling of terms by the use of an integral approach. I use the word integral in a Wilberian sense, which is ¿to include as many perspectives, styles, and methodologies as possible within a coherent view of [a] topic¿. (¿integral thought¿ -Wikipedia) Part one of my paper is generally a brief summary of the main underlying motives that I identified in the secondary literature on Taxi Driver. These motives are: Travis Bickle¿s ambivalence, the creative tension between Paul Schrader and Martin Scorsese, cinematic and literary influences on Taxi Driver as well as Taxi Driver¿s influences. Part two comprises a look at Taxi Driver from three fundamental perspectives ¿ the psychological, the social and the cultural- and is introduced by the question ¿How to approach Taxi Driver?¿, which is basically
a reflection on my original dilemma. |
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