Koutsourakis, A orcid.org/0000-0001-6090-4798 (2021) Epic Cinema: Defining our Terms. JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, 61 (Fall 2021). pp. 51-74. ISSN 2578-4900
Abstract
Studies in epic cinema have flourished in the past decade, but one senses that scholars take the term to be self-explanatory, without considering its literary origins and the variety of films that can be placed under the rubric of the epic. Furthermore, the question of epic style has received less scholarly attention. In this article, I propose that in order to define epic cinema we need to look at literary, philosophical, and film theoretical discussions of the epic. In doing so, we will be able to appreciate that epic cinema is an exceptionally expansive umbrella term that covers many and diverse film practices, including films (1) with epic subject matter but not epic style, (2) with epic subject matter and epic style, (3) with epic style but not epic subject matter, and (4) films which can be placed under the rubric of the modernist epic.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This article is protected by copyright. This is a pre-copyedited version of an article accepted for publication in JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available through the University of Texas Press. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > German (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2019 13:11 |
Last Modified: | 11 Feb 2022 11:31 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Michigan Publishing |
Identification Number: | 10.1353/cj.2021.0074 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:151979 |