Christopher Garbowski

Cinematic Echoes of Covenants Past and Present

National Identity in the Historical Films of Steven Spielberg and Andrzej Wajda
Herausgegeben:Kocur, Miroslaw

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Produktbeschreibung

The author analyzes appropriately selected historical films of Steven Spielberg and Andrzej Wajda with respect to historical memory in relation to film. Cultural and moral foundations of national identity are also taken into account. Spielberg films particularly valuable for this comparative analysis are: «Schindler's List», «Amistad», «Saving Private Ryan» and «Lincoln»; crucial Wajda films include: «Korczak», «Holy Week», «Katyn and Walesa». These works are analyzed in relation to the problem of representing the Holocaust, self-scrutiny in historical memory, commemoration of sacrifices for the national community during war, and foundation myths evoked through national heroes. The larger thematic framework for the above concerns is the underlying sense of covenant present within the two national communities that Spielberg and Wajda draw upon, a sense that explores the possibility of moral renewal under contemporary circumstances.

Produktdetails

• Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance 10
• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 273007
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9783631730072
• ISBN-10: 3631730071
• Artikelnr.: 52891636

Autorenporträt

Christopher Garbowski is an Associate Professor at the Department of English at Maria Curie-Sk¿odowska University, Poland. He is the author and co-editor of several books, for example on religious life in Poland and on American and Polish cinema.

Inhaltsangabe

Sacred and Moral Sources of National Identity and Historical Memory - Spielberg and Wajda in Their National Cinemas - The Holocaust and the Extension of National Covenant - Historical Self-Scrutiny and Moral Memory - The Glorious Dead and Commemoration - Foundation Myths in a Post-heroic Age