Graduate Thesis Or Dissertation
Revisiting and Re-visioning War Genre Conventions on Film: The Hurt Locker Público Deposited
Conteúdo disponível para baixar
Baixar PDF
https://scholar.colorado.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/9w032336v
- Abstract
- Kathryn Bigelow's 2008 war film, The Hurt Locker, revisits many of the war genre's conventions and is quite unlike other war films from Hollywood's industry-made canon. Conventions were intentionally side-stepped or revised with respect to the Iraq War, which has also been unlike any other war in American history. This thesis examines the conventions of the war film and is structured around the narrative and formal aspects of the genre, offering an in-depth analysis of where and why The Hurt Locker stands in confrontation with those conventions. This thesis is particularly concerned with The Hurt Locker's aversion to binaries and a political statement. I argue that The Hurt Locker intentionally avoids or revises generic conventions in order to convey political ambiguity, to analyze and develop a stronger sense of character, and to differentiate the realities of the Iraq War experience from other wars and war experiences.
- Creator
- Date Issued
- 2013
- Academic Affiliation
- Advisor
- Committee Member
- Degree Grantor
- Commencement Year
- Subject
- Última modificação
- 2019-11-18
- Resource Type
- Declaração de direitos
- Language
Relações
Itens
Miniatura | Título | Data de carga | Acesso | Ações |
---|---|---|---|---|
revisitingAndReVisioningWarGenreConventionsOnFilmTheHu.pdf | 2019-11-18 | Público | Baixar |