Loop Narratives and Eternalism in David Lowery’s A Ghost Story (2017).
A Ghost Story, written and directed by David Lowery (2017), stands out in the current cinematic landscape due to its use of an innovative narrative structure and an unusual point of view. The film follows the story of a ghost who haunts the house where he lived while he was human, observing the pass...
| Publicado en: | Ekphrasis (2067-631X) Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 19 - 38 |
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Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Theatre & Television
2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=178285579&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 178285579 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 2067631X H6D0 jtl: Ekphrasis (2067-631X) issn: 2067631X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2024 vid: 31 iid: 1 pid: 91118 pub: Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Theatre & Television artinfo: ui: 178285579 10.24193/ekphrasis.31.2 ppf: 19 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 2.5MB tig: atl: Loop Narratives and Eternalism in David Lowery’s A Ghost Story (2017). aug: au: ESTRELINHA, Dino su: Ghost stories Causation (Philosophy) Taxonomy Narratives sug: subj: Ghost stories Causation (Philosophy) Taxonomy Narratives keyword: A Ghost Story Eternalism Future Narratives Modular Narratives Time loop ab: A Ghost Story, written and directed by David Lowery (2017), stands out in the current cinematic landscape due to its use of an innovative narrative structure and an unusual point of view. The film follows the story of a ghost who haunts the house where he lived while he was human, observing the passage of time and the changes occurring around it. The ghost becomes trapped in a temporal drift in which he is forced to watch the same type of events over and over, being unable to move on to another level of existence. Dramaturgically, this loop structure is intended to highlight the human difficulty of overcoming loss and moving forward. I intend to demonstrate that the unique articulation between a point of view free from the temporal contingencies that regulate human experience and a fragmented, anachronistic, and paradoxical narrative organization that breaks the barriers of causality and linearity of conventional narratives suggests a contemporary approach to the conception of time which comes close to Eternalism. Adapting Matthias Brütsch’s taxonomy for this subject, I position David Lowery’s film alongside other loop narratives and explore how the use of such a structure in this case differs from other similar narratives. I delve upon the loop narrative function as defined by Sabine Schenk in Future Narratives (2013), where she advocates for as a broader cultural change in the conceptualization of time. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Ekphrasis (2067-631X) is the property of Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Theatre & Television and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Ekphrasis (2067-631X) holder: Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Theatre & Television dt: @attributes: year: 2024 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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