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Το πορτρέτο του συγγραφέα μπροστά στον φακό. Βιογραφικά ντοκιμαντέρ λογοτεχνών στον κινηματογράφο και στην τηλεόραση την περίοδο της Μεταπολίτευσης (1980-1990)

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Title: Το πορτρέτο του συγγραφέα μπροστά στον φακό. Βιογραφικά ντοκιμαντέρ λογοτεχνών στον κινηματογράφο και στην τηλεόραση την περίοδο της Μεταπολίτευσης (1980-1990)
Source: Σύγκριση; Τόμ. 32 (2023); 107-118
Comparison; Vol. 32 (2023); 107-118
Publisher Information: Ελληνική Εταιρεία Γενικής και Συγκριτικής Γραμματολογίας (GCLA), 2023.
Publication Year: 2023
Subject Terms: βιογραφία, ντοκιμαντέρ
Description: The portrait of the author in front of the camera lens. Biographical documentaries of litterateurs in cinema and television in the Regime change period (1980-1990) In this paper, I discuss the ways in which biographical documentaries established a new paradigm of approaching writers’ lives and literary texts during the 1980s-1990s in Greece. Despite their heterogeneous topics and stylistic characteristics, these documentaries display similar narrative patterns and strategies for presenting each authorial persona. Focusing on a representative sample of films, I attempt to analyze some of these patterns and strategies. More specifically I map the terms of the writers’ participation in several documentary films and their involvement in the construction of a specific public identity through the process of filmmaking. At the same time, I focus on the narrative dynamics of photographic documents and oral testimonies. Finally, I highlight the importance of these documentary films for the comprehension of the writers’ reception both in a synchronic and diachronic horizon. The main argument of my paper is that these documentary films accomplish to go beyond the limits of a single biography and represent many versions of a shared past.
In this paper, I discuss the ways in which biographical documentaries established a new paradigm of approaching writers' lives and literary texts during the 1980s-1990s in Greece. Despite their heterogeneous topics and stylistic characteristics, these documentaries display similar narrative patterns and strategies for presenting each authorial persona. Focusing on a representative sample of films, I will attempt to analyze some of these patterns and strategies. More specifically I will map the terms of the writers' participation in several documentary films and their involvement in the construction of a specific public identity through the process of filmmaking. At the same time, I will focus on the narrative dynamics of photographic documents and oral testimonies. Finally, I will highlight the importance of these documentary films for the comprehension of the writers' reception both in a synchronic and diachronic horizon. The main argument of my paper is that these documentary films accomplish to go beyond the limits of a single biography and represent many versions of a shared past.
Document Type: Article
File Description: application/pdf
Language: Greek
ISSN: 1105-1361
2241-1941
Access URL: https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/sygkrisi/article/view/35769
Rights: CC BY NC SA
Accession Number: edsair.epublishingj..9d4f456f22b9ae82aba2d0733b0000b6
Database: OpenAIRE
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