The concepts and theories surrounding the aesthetic category of the grotesque are explored in this book by pursuing their employment in the films of American auteurs Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Coen Brothers and David Lynch. The author argues that interpreting these directors' films through the lens of the grotesque allows us1to situate both the auteurs and the films within a long history of the grotesque in art and aesthetics. This cultural tradition effectively subsumes the contribution of any artist or1genre that intersects it but also affords the artist or genre--the auteur and the…mehr
The concepts and theories surrounding the aesthetic category of the grotesque are explored in this book by pursuing their employment in the films of American auteurs Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, the Coen Brothers and David Lynch. The author argues that interpreting these directors' films through the lens of the grotesque allows us1to situate both the auteurs and the films within a long history of the grotesque in art and aesthetics. This cultural tradition effectively subsumes the contribution of any artist or1genre that intersects it but also affords the artist or genre--the auteur and the genre filmmaker--a pantheon and an abundance of images, themes, and motifs through which he1or she can subversively represent the world and our place in it.
Schuy R. Weishaar teaches English and philosophy at Richland Community College in Decatur, Illinois; he also teaches writing and literature at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tennessee. He lives in Illinois.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Part 1. The Philosophy of the Grotesque I. Art, Being and Contrast II. Metaphysics, Myth and Purgatory Part 2. Interpolarity: Binaries of the Grotesque III. Tim Burton's Two Worlds IV. Terry Gilliam's Mythic Madness Part 3. Menacing Invasions: The Hazards of Time and Subjectivity V. The Mundane and the Catastrophic in the Films of Joel and Ethan Coen VI. Obliterating the Subject in the Cinematic World of David Lynch Part 4. Into the World and Back Again: From Politics to Paradox VII. Politics, Culture and the Grotesque Family in Hippie-Slasher-Horror VIII. Grim Reveries, or the Ambiguities Chapter Notes Works Cited Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Part 1. The Philosophy of the Grotesque I. Art, Being and Contrast II. Metaphysics, Myth and Purgatory Part 2. Interpolarity: Binaries of the Grotesque III. Tim Burton's Two Worlds IV. Terry Gilliam's Mythic Madness Part 3. Menacing Invasions: The Hazards of Time and Subjectivity V. The Mundane and the Catastrophic in the Films of Joel and Ethan Coen VI. Obliterating the Subject in the Cinematic World of David Lynch Part 4. Into the World and Back Again: From Politics to Paradox VII. Politics, Culture and the Grotesque Family in Hippie-Slasher-Horror VIII. Grim Reveries, or the Ambiguities Chapter Notes Works Cited Index
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