Structures in Crisis: A Narrative Approach to Asghar Farhadi’s Films
2020; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 53; Issue: 5-6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00210862.2020.1730160
ISSN1475-4819
Autores Tópico(s)Philippine History and Culture
ResumoThis paper proposes an exploration of the films of Iranian director Asghar Farhadi. It employs a methodology based on textual analysis, focusing specifically on the structural design of his films and the focalization processes of his scripts. It shows how Farhadi’s work can be understood as a coherent research project with a uniquely solid model based on chronological linearity as a way to explore the violent breakdown of different emotional communities: families, marriages, groups of friends, etc. At the same time, it considers how all the focalization processes in his films are oriented toward two main concepts: knowledge (of the characters, but also of the audience) and pain (of living in a [narrative] world afflicted by meaninglessness).
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