Oral Tradition in Cinematic Narrative

Oral Tradition in Cinematic Narrative PDF Author: Virginia B. Garrett Cannon
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Category : Epic films
Languages : en
Pages : 114

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Book Description
Oral tradition provides the foundation for the classic, heroic ideal, and this ideological construct has evolved over the centuries: shifting and dislocating society’s accepted perceptions of right/wrong and good/evil. These changes are evident in heroic stories which began as oral tradition, changed into written verse, and transformed into cinematic presentations. This thesis applies a narratological analysis alongside an interdisciplinary lensing to the transformation of the heroic ideal while challenging narratological studies to accept cinematic presentations as valid narratives.