An Integral Analysis of Martin Scorsese s 'Taxi Driver'

Language: English

Published by GRIN Verlag Feb 2012, 2012

365613068X / 9783656130680

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: 1,5, University of Trier, course: The Films of Martin Scorsese, language: English, abstract: Introduction Starting point for my term paper was the question of how to approach such a complex work of art, since I had no previous experience or theoretical knowledge in the analysis of films. It quickly dawned on me that a literal analysis of the film s plot and its characters under particular consideration of the author s intention, that I was used to in the field of literary studies, would be dysfunctional, since there were too many creative sources involved in the genesis of a film. To further complicate matters, I became in my search for appropriate secondary literature quickly acquainted with some post-modern scholars such as Robin Wood, who sees Paul Schrader as a neo-fascist , whose films amount to a systematic repudiation of all minority groups and any possible social alternative, in order to re-assert a quasi-mystical sense of male supremacy, heterosexual superiority, and a total spurious 'transcendence'. [.] the film's interest is inseparable from its sense of confusion, its failure to define a coherent attitude towards its protagonist. (Wood) Since I was convinced that there was more to Taxi Driver than its sense of confusion and, that a coherent, clear analysis was possible, though coming to a definite conclusion might not be possible due to its character s ambivalence, I intended my term paper to be a step out of this academic mingling of terms by the use of an integral approach. I use the word integral in a Wilberian sense, which is to include as many perspectives, styles, and methodologies as possible within a coherent view of [a] topic . ( integral thought -Wikipedia) Part one of my paper is generally a brief summary of the main underlying motives that I identified in the secondary literature on Taxi Driver. These motives are: Travis Bickle s ambivalence, the creative tension between Paul Schrader and Martin Scorsese, cinematic and literary influences on Taxi Driver as well as Taxi Driver s influences. Part two comprises a look at Taxi Driver from three fundamental perspectives the psychological, the social and the cultural- and is introduced by the question How to approach Taxi Driver , which is basically a reflection on my original dilemma. 24 pp. Englisch.…

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Title
An Integral Analysis of Martin Scorsese s 'Taxi Driver'
Author
Daniel Roth
Publisher
GRIN Verlag Feb 2012
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2012
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Taschenbuch
Language
English
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365613068X
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9783656130680
Item weight
51 grams
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210x148x3 mm

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