A philosophy of the screenplay
By: by Ted Nannicelli
Series: Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780415521444
Subjects: Motion picture plays; History and criticism; Motion picture authorship
Description: "Recently, scholars in a variety of disciplines--including philosophy, film and media studies, and literary studies--have become interested in the aesthetics, definition, and ontology of the screenplay. To this end, this volume addresses the fundamental philosophical questions about the nature of the screenplay: What is a screenplay? Is the screenplay art--more specifically, literature? What kind of a thing is a screenplay? Nannicelli argues that the screenplay is a kind of artefact; as such, its boundaries are determined collectively by screenwriters, and its ontological nature is determined collectively by both writers and readers of screenplays. Any plausible philosophical account of the screenplay must be strictly constrained by our collective creative and appreciative practices, and must recognize that those practices indicate that at least some screenplays are artworks."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Definition. What is a screenplay? An intentional-historical formalist definition; title: Defending the definition: intentionality, history, and artifact concepts; title: Art status; title: The historical narrative approach to identifying art: exegesis and defense; title: From playwriting to screenwriting: the historical narrative; title: Ontology. Objections and ontology: (I) is the screenplay an autonomous work of art?; title: Instructions and artworks: musical scores, theatrical scripts, architectural plans, and screenplays; title: Objections and ontology: (II) is the screenplay literature?; title: Towards an ontology of the screenplay; title: Appreciation. The appreciation of the screenplay as literature.