Irony and ambiguity in the narrator of "A letter to three wives"
This paper reads Joseph Mankiewicz's film A Letter to Three Wives (1948) as a reflexive work of art which evinces a self-conscious use of the conventions of film narrative. The modernist problematization of the classical text, resulting in irony and ambiguity, is analyzed through a narratological ap...
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Universidad de Zaragoza: Departamento de Filología Inglesa y Alemana
1991
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| description | This paper reads Joseph Mankiewicz's film A Letter to Three Wives (1948) as a reflexive work of art which evinces a self-conscious use of the conventions of film narrative. The modernist problematization of the classical text, resulting in irony and ambiguity, is analyzed through a narratological approach to such devices narration and plot construction, temporal structure, voice-over and focalization. |
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| spelling | dialnet-ART00000045472026-10-02Irony and ambiguity in the narrator of "A letter to three wives"Deleyto Alcalá, CelestinoThis paper reads Joseph Mankiewicz's film A Letter to Three Wives (1948) as a reflexive work of art which evinces a self-conscious use of the conventions of film narrative. The modernist problematization of the classical text, resulting in irony and ambiguity, is analyzed through a narratological approach to such devices narration and plot construction, temporal structure, voice-over and focalization.Universidad de Zaragoza: Departamento de Filología Inglesa y Alemana1991text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=193687(Revista) ISSN 1137-6368(Revista) ISSN 2386-4834Miscelánea: A journal of english and american studies, ISSN 2386-4834, Nº 12, 1991, pags. 47-60spaLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI |
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