Miedzy Hardym a Sterne’em. Realizm i jego przekroczenie w filmach Michaela Winterbottoma

• Authors: Adam Kruk

Title variants

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BETWEEN HARDY AND STERNE – REALISM AND BEYOND IN THE FILMS OF MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Seeking the key to the heterogeneous style of Michael Winterbottom, Kruk grounds his argument on the analysis of Winterbottom’s film adaptations of English literature classics: Thomas Hardy and Laurence Sterne. The way Winterbottom moves between these two literary traditions reflects his changing attitude to realism. The realistic convention – both in costume dramas based on Hardy, and in films dealing with the „here and now”, reveals the processes ruling the world and permits one to take a stance in regards to political plans for its improvement. Whereas postmodern exposure of the cracks in the joints in realistic performances in films inspired by narrative techniques employed by Laurence Sterne (24 Hour party people, Tristram shandy) signals the shift on Winterbottom’s work towards comedy and sur-fiction.

Keywords

EN

Winterbottom Michael; Hardy Thomas; Sterne Laurence; 24 Hour party people; Tristram Shandy; adaptations of English literature classics; realism; realistic convention; narrative techniques; comedy; sur-fiction

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Kwartalnik Filmowy
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 75-76
• Pages: 164-176

Contributors

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Adam Kruk