Focalisation in Alfred Hitchcock's 'The birds'
This essay is an attempt to clarify several points regarding the concept of focalisation as used by theorists of fiction and film. Two theoretical points are made in the introduction: firstly, focalisation must be theorised as both perception and manipulation/selection of visual information; secondl...
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| description | This essay is an attempt to clarify several points regarding the concept of focalisation as used by theorists of fiction and film. Two theoretical points are made in the introduction: firstly, focalisation must be theorised as both perception and manipulation/selection of visual information; secondly, in its application to the analysis of film narratives, Mieke Bal's distinction between internal and external focalisation is to be favoured in film analyses against Seymour Chatman's introduction of the concepts of filter and slant, as the most accurate way to account theoretically for the multiplicity of points of view in the texts and the relationships between them. However, the concepts of external and internal focalisation are slightly changed with respect to Bal's and Rimmon-Kenan's theoretical discussions of them. In the subsequent analysis of focalisation in The Birds, I explore the narrative position of the birds and their relationship with the film's heroine, Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) in terms of omniscience and subjectivity. Finally, a consideration of the complex relationships between internal and external focalisation in the text leads to an overall interpretation of the film as a modern fantasy characterised by the dominance of a mysterious but powerful female subjectivity. |
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| spelling | dialnet-ART00000045772026-10-02Focalisation in Alfred Hitchcock's 'The birds'Deleyto Alcalá, CelestinoThis essay is an attempt to clarify several points regarding the concept of focalisation as used by theorists of fiction and film. Two theoretical points are made in the introduction: firstly, focalisation must be theorised as both perception and manipulation/selection of visual information; secondly, in its application to the analysis of film narratives, Mieke Bal's distinction between internal and external focalisation is to be favoured in film analyses against Seymour Chatman's introduction of the concepts of filter and slant, as the most accurate way to account theoretically for the multiplicity of points of view in the texts and the relationships between them. However, the concepts of external and internal focalisation are slightly changed with respect to Bal's and Rimmon-Kenan's theoretical discussions of them. In the subsequent analysis of focalisation in The Birds, I explore the narrative position of the birds and their relationship with the film's heroine, Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) in terms of omniscience and subjectivity. Finally, a consideration of the complex relationships between internal and external focalisation in the text leads to an overall interpretation of the film as a modern fantasy characterised by the dominance of a mysterious but powerful female subjectivity.Universidad de Zaragoza: Departamento de Filología Inglesa y Alemana1994text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=193717(Revista) ISSN 1137-6368(Revista) ISSN 2386-4834Miscelánea: A journal of english and american studies, ISSN 2386-4834, Nº 15, 1994, pags. 155-192spaLICENCIA 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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