Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Narrative Absorption |
| Editors | Frank Hakemulder, Moniek Kuijpers, Ed S. Tan, Katalin Bálint, Miruna Doicaru |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
| Chapter | 19 |
| Pages | 97 |
| Number of pages | 118 |
| Volume | 27 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789027265135 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789027234162 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
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Keywords
- absorption
- transportation
- narrative attention
- film technology
- presence
- visual narrative grammar
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Does absorption in a movie’s story world pose a paradox? / Tan, Ed; Doicaru, Miruna ; Hakemulder, Frank; Bálint, Katalin; Kuijpers, Moniek.
Narrative Absorption. ed. / Frank Hakemulder; Moniek Kuijpers; Ed S. Tan; Katalin Bálint; Miruna Doicaru. Vol. 27 John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2017. p. 97 5.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
TY - CHAP
T1 - Does absorption in a movie’s story world pose a paradox?
AU - Tan, Ed
AU - Doicaru, Miruna
AU - Hakemulder, Frank
AU - Bálint, Katalin
AU - Kuijpers, Moniek
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Most film viewers know the experience of being deeply absorbed in the story of a popular film. It seems that at such moments they lose awareness of watching a movie. And yet it is highly unlikely that they completely ignore the fact that they watch a narrative and technological construction. Perhaps film viewers experience being in a story world while simultaneously being aware of its construction. Such a dual awareness would seem paradoxical, because the experience of the one would go at the cost of the other. We argue that the solution of this paradox requires dropping the notion of an undivided consciousness, and replacing it with one of consciousness as coming in degrees. In this chapter we present both cognitive and film-analytic arguments for differential awareness of story and narration/technology, and argue that a characteristic of absorption is to be found in story world super-consciousness.
AB - Most film viewers know the experience of being deeply absorbed in the story of a popular film. It seems that at such moments they lose awareness of watching a movie. And yet it is highly unlikely that they completely ignore the fact that they watch a narrative and technological construction. Perhaps film viewers experience being in a story world while simultaneously being aware of its construction. Such a dual awareness would seem paradoxical, because the experience of the one would go at the cost of the other. We argue that the solution of this paradox requires dropping the notion of an undivided consciousness, and replacing it with one of consciousness as coming in degrees. In this chapter we present both cognitive and film-analytic arguments for differential awareness of story and narration/technology, and argue that a characteristic of absorption is to be found in story world super-consciousness.
KW - absorption
KW - transportation
KW - narrative attention
KW - film technology
KW - presence
KW - visual narrative grammar
U2 - 10.1075/lal.27.06tan
DO - 10.1075/lal.27.06tan
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789027234162
VL - 27
SP - 97
BT - Narrative Absorption
A2 - Hakemulder, Frank
A2 - Kuijpers, Moniek
A2 - Tan, Ed S.
A2 - Bálint, Katalin
A2 - Doicaru, Miruna
PB - John Benjamins Publishing Company
ER -