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The Anime Paradox : Patterns and Practices Through the Lens of Traditional Japanese Theater.
Title:
The Anime Paradox : Patterns and Practices Through the Lens of Traditional Japanese Theater.
Author:
Suan, Stevie.
ISBN:
9789004222151
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (358 pages)
Contents:
The Anime Paradox -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- I Introduction -- Sympathy for the Devil -- The White Which Lives Within the Inkstone -- Brief Introductions -- Comparing Forms -- II A Simultaneous Part and Whole -- Pieces of a Shooting Star -- Narrative and Pacing Patterns -- Jo-Ha-Kyū -- Mapping the Stars: Dissecting Anime Structure -- Splitting of the Beast: Mapping Evangelion -- Intertextuality and Pattern Utilization -- Weaving A Story: An Examination of Ga-Rei Zero -- Weaving A Story 2: Repetition, Reversals, and Intertext -- Internal and External -- Character and World -- III Mixture of Realism and Unreality -- Like a Dream: Realism and Unreality in Anime and Japanese Theater -- Outer Elements -- Inner Elements -- What Lies Beneath -- IV Hyperbolized Aesthetics -- Aesthetic Visions -- Form Into Content -- Different Styles -- An Expression of Reality -- V Scattering Blossoms, Falling Leaves -- The Scent of Gardenias Lingers in the Rain: Rurouni Kenshin: Tsuiokuhen, A Case Study -- Sentiments for the Remaining Flower: Some Final Observations -- Towards a Conclusion: The Form of Anime -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Through the comparison of Anime with Noh, Bunraku, and Kabuki, The Anime Paradox provides a study on Anime's formal elements that produce specific narrative, structural, and aesthetic patterns.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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