Libro Cinematic Echoes of Covenants Past and Present: National Identity in the Historical Films of Steven De Christopher Garbowski

portada Cinematic Echoes of Covenants Past and Present: National Identity in the Historical Films of Steven Spielberg and Andrzej Wajda (Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Peter Lang Ag

Autor

Christopher Garbowski

Año

2018

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

275

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN13

9783631730072

Categorías

Psicología

Cinematic Echoes of Covenants Past and Present: National Identity in the Historical Films of Steven Spielberg and Andrzej Wajda (Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance)

Christopher Garbowski (Autor) · Peter Lang Ag · Tapa Dura

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Reseña del libro "Cinematic Echoes of Covenants Past and Present: National Identity in the Historical Films of Steven Spielberg and Andrzej Wajda (Interdisciplinary Studies in Performance)"

The author analyzes appropriately selected historical films of Steven Spielberg and Andrzej Wajda with respect to historical memory in relation to film. Cultural and moral foundations of national identity are also taken into account. Spielberg films particularly valuable for this comparative analysis are: "Schindler's List", "Amistad", "Saving Private Ryan" and "Lincoln"; crucial Wajda films include: "Korczak", "Holy Week", "Katyn and Walesa". These works are analyzed in relation to the problem of representing the Holocaust, self-scrutiny in historical memory, commemoration of sacrifices for the national community during war, and foundation myths evoked through national heroes. The larger thematic framework for the above concerns is the underlying sense of covenant present within the two national communities that Spielberg and Wajda draw upon, a sense that explores the possibility of moral renewal under contemporary circumstances.