Title: James Joyce and the Phenomenology of Film
Description: James Joyce and the Phenomenology of Film reappraises the lines of influence said to exist between Joyce's writing and early cinema and provides an alternative to previous psychoanalytic readings of Joyce and film. Through a compelling combination of historical research and critical analysis, Cleo Hanaway-Oakley demonstrates that Joyce, early film-makers, and phenomenologists (Maurice Merleau-Ponty, in particular) share a common enterprise: all are concerned with showing, rather than explaining, the 'inherence of the self in the world'. Instead of portraying an objective, neutral world, bereft of human input, Joyce, the film-makers, and the phenomenologists present embodied, conscious engagement with the environment and others: they are interested in the world-as-it-is-lived and transcend the seemingly-rigid binaries of seer/seen, subject/object, absorptive/theatrical, and personal/impersonal. This book re-evaluates the history of body- and spectator-focused film theories, placing Merleau-Ponty at the centre of the discussion, and considers the ways in which Joyce may have encountered such theories.
Subjects: Joyce, james, 1882-1941, Motion pictures, history, Motion pictures and literature, Criticism and interpretation, Influence, Motion pictures, History, Criticism and interpretationjoyce, james , 1882-1941, Influencejoyce, james , 1882-1941, Motion pictures--history, Motion pictures and literature--history, Pr6019.o9 z5736 2017, 791.43