Cinema and Narrative Complexity: Embodying the Fabula

Cover......Page 1 Table of Contents......Page 6 I. Introduction......Page 8 Introduction......Page 26 Cinema and its two Temporal Modes......Page 27 The Cognitive Fabula and Linear Storytelling......Page 30 Film-Philosophy and the Challenge of Contemporary Cinema......Page 42 Introduction......Page 54 Narrative Transgression in Stage Fright......Page 59 Defamiliarization and Beyond......Page 70 Introduction......Page 84 Cinema and the Modern......Page 85 Hiroshima mon amour – A Cinematic Love Affair......Page 94 Introduction......Page 112 Towards an Embodied and Enactive Approach to Cognition......Page 114 Embodying the Narrative Experience......Page 122 Introduction......Page 138 21 Grams – How Much Does Life Weigh?......Page 142 The Fabula and the ‘Decomplexification’ of the Narrative Continuum......Page 143 A Problematic Combination: Classical Narratology and Complexity Theory......Page 151 ‘Forking Paths’ – Complex Storytelling in Lola rennt......Page 158 Are Forking Paths Linear?......Page 162 Embracing the Narrative Rhythm of Lola rennt......Page 167 Introduction......Page 176 Realism and Constructivism: A Narratological Deadlock......Page 181 The Defamiliarization of Narrative Perception......Page 194 VIII. Conclusions......Page 206 The Embodied Fabula and Beyond......Page 211 Bibliography......Page 216 Notes......Page 230 Acknowledgments......Page 246 Index......Page 248