Classical Hollywood Narrative: The Paradigm Wars

Book Overview

Since the 1970s film studies has been dominated by a basic paradigm--the concept of classical Hollywood cinema--that is, the protagonist-driven narrative, valued for the way it achieves closure by neatly answering all of the enigmas it raises.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082231276X
• ISBN13: 9780822312765
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"