The Impressionist Effect in Jean Epstein’s Film Discourse: ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’
This article aims to demonstrate how there is a parallelism between the figurative qualities of pictorial impressionism and the avant-garde aesthetics that Jean Epstein sets in his film The Fall of the House of Usher. In turn, it is a question of studying the process of adaptation of the literary un...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Index Comunicación |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.sfu.ca/indexcomunicacion/index.php/indexcomunicacion/article/view/294 |
| Summary: | This article aims to demonstrate how there is a parallelism between the figurative qualities of pictorial impressionism and the avant-garde aesthetics that Jean Epstein sets in his film The Fall of the House of Usher. In turn, it is a question of studying the process of adaptation of the literary universe of Edgar Allan Poe protected in the style of Gothic romanticism, with special emphasis on visual references. For this, it is a question of investigating how descriptive appreciations are conceived that concern an avant-garde visual representation. The methodology used for the analysis is based on using the aesthetic variables that allow to support how a model of different visual representation is created. Through the analysis of the images it is possible to study the traits that characterize the ascription to the Impressionist movement and the style that defines the author brand. To this end, it is intended to describe how a suitable targeting is recreated in the staging, in which different types of environments are recreated. |
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| ISSN: | 2444-3239 2174-1859 |