Modern Culture and Media Theses and Dissertations

Theses and Dissertations for the Modern Culture and Media department.

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Description:: This dissertation argues for the political and aesthetic significance of a group of contemporary realist films that employ a non-presentational, lacunary aesthetic. Through close analyses …
Year:: 2021
Contributor:: Theus, Tyler A (creator); Copjec, Joan (Advisor); Joyrich, Lynne (Advisor); Rosen, Philip (Advisor); Brown University. Department of Modern Culture and Media (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Film theory; Realist Film theory; Global Art Cinema; Bazin, André, 1918-1958; Jean-Louis Comolli; Slow cinema; Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981; offscreen space; Psychoanalytic Film Theory; Hou, Xiaoxian, 1947-; Oliveira, Manoel de, 1908-2015; Tarr, Béla, 1955-; Herzog, Werner; Jia, Zhangke, 1970-
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Description:: “The Real Form of Trauma” surveys mediated representations of trauma, violence, and history across global cinema and media. The project draws attention to a wide …
Year:: 2025
Contributor:: Woo, Stephen (creator); Copjec, Joan (Advisor); Li, Jinying (Reader); Joyrich, Lynne (Reader); Brown University. Department of Modern Culture and Media (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Trauma; Psychoanalysis; Documentary film; Film theory; Cinema; Motion pictures and history; Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939; Realist Film theory; Global Art Cinema; Slow cinema; Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981; Psychoanalytic Film Theory; Philosophy of history; film studies; trauma theory; Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995; Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941; Haneke, Michael, 1942-; Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 1970-; Forensic Architecture (Project)
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