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The Auteur, Theories On Structuralism and Narrative, With Reference To Studies of Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford
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THE AUTEUR, THEORIES ON STRUCTURALISM AND NARRATIVE, WITH REFERENCE TO STUDIES OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK AND JOHN FORD OHP- PICTURES OF THE TWO MEN To begin with, the most important factor to be dealing with must surely be to describe what is meant by the term 'auteur' as featured in the essay title. Auteurism, or 'authorship' is a concept that has become an integral pillar of film-studies, Certain key writers attempted to rate the skills of various directors by casting them in a new light - that of the director as the ultimate creator of a film. So, what then is the purpose of an author, or auteur? What does this concept serve to prove? In his text, The Death of the Author, Roland Barthes examines the role traditionally created by the author. He claims that the author is a construct of modernity, that in order to appreciate a piece of art; we...
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