Essay 2: Argument & Structure Flashcards
Remember possible arguments for the exam
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Argument
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By discussing Vivian Sobchack’s phenomenology in relation to the Piano…
- I will argue that body and mind are conjoined in spectatorship because our conscious experience in cinema is created through a cross-modal sensory exchange (we have senses that make sense)
- This is called a carnal knowledge
- This only occurs through the conjunction of the spectator’s body and cinematic representation
- This creates a disruptive body in the film experience is called the cinesthetic subject
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Structure
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- Introduction
- Her critique of Grand Theory
- Her Theory
- Scene Analysis
- Conclusion
