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Apollo was the ancient god of light and the divine patron of the arts. He is therefore a fitting metaphor for cinematography, which is the modern art of writing with moving light. This book interprets films as visual texts and provides the first systematic theoretical and practical demonstration of the affinities between Greco-Roman literature and the cinema. It examines major themes from classical myth and history such as film portrayals of gods, exemplified by Apollo and the Muses; Oedipus, antiquity's most influential mythic-tragic hero; the question of heroism and patriotism in war; and the representation of women like Helen of Troy and Cleopatra as products of male desire and fantasy. Covering a wide range of European and American directors, genres and classical authors, this study provides an innovative perspective on the two disciplines of classics and cinema and demonstrates our most influential medium's unlimited range when it adapts ancient texts.

Film --- Classical literature --- Motion pictures and literature. --- History and criticism. --- Motion pictures and literature --- Literature and motion pictures --- Moving-pictures and literature --- Literature --- History and criticism --- Arts and Humanities --- History

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Daß Franz Kafka ein passionierter Kinogänger war, dokumentieren seine Briefe und Tagebücher. Bisher hat man jedoch übersehen, wie stark auch seine literarische Arbeit durch die Wahrnehmungs- und Darstellungsformen des Films bestimmt wurde.Peter-André Alt zeigt verschiedene Formen von Kafkas kinematographischem Erzählen, die in den Techniken der Bildverknüpfung, der Verwendung konkreter Motive, den Sehperspektiven, der Körpersprache der Figuren und den dramaturgischen Mustern seiner Geschichten zutage treten. So erschließt sich ein verblüffendes Panorama literarischer Ausdrucksformen, in denen Kafka die Bewegungsfolgen und Kameraeinstellungen, die Stoffe und die Mythen des frühen Kinos adaptiert. Der Autor präsentiert zahlreiche Funde, die es erlauben, Kafka neu zu lesen. Zu ihnen gehört auch die Identifizierung des realen Vorbildes für das Schloß, das sein letzter Roman beschreibt; von ihm führt eine bisher unbekannte Spur zu , einem der berühmtesten Stummfilme der Kinogeschichte.

Motion pictures and literature. --- Film --- Erzähltechnik --- Rezeption --- Kafka, Franz --- Erzähltechnik. --- Film. --- Rezeption. --- Expressionnisme (cinéma) --- Influence --- Motion pictures and literature --- Literature and motion pictures --- Moving-pictures and literature --- Literature --- Kafka, Franz, --- Ḳafḳa, Frants, --- Kʻapʻŭkʻa, --- Kafka, F. --- Kaphka, Phrants, --- Ḳafḳa, Amshel, --- Kafka, Franc, --- Kʻa-fu-kʻa, --- Kʻa-fu-kʻa, Fu-lang-tzʻu, --- Kāk̲apkā, --- Кафка, Франц, --- Кафка, Ф., --- フランツ・カフカ, --- קאפקא, פראנץ, --- קאפקא, פרנץ, --- קאפקה, פראנץ, --- קפקא, --- קפקא, פרנץ, --- كافكا، فرانتس، --- كفكا، فرنز، --- کافکا، فرانز، --- Criticism and interpretation.

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Of interest to historians, classicists, media and digital theorists, literary scholars, museologists, and archivists, Media, Memory, and the First World War is a comparative study that shows how the dominant mode of communication in a popular culture - from oral traditions to digital media - shapes the structure of memory within that culture.

Literature, Modern --- Memory --- Motion pictures and literature. --- War and literature. --- World War, 1914-1918 --- Literature and war --- Literature --- Literature and motion pictures --- Moving-pictures and literature --- Retention (Psychology) --- Intellect --- Psychology --- Thought and thinking --- Comprehension --- Executive functions (Neuropsychology) --- Mnemonics --- Perseveration (Psychology) --- Reproduction (Psychology) --- History and criticism. --- History. --- Motion pictures and the war. --- Motion pictures and literature --- War and literature --- History and criticism --- History --- Motion pictures and the war