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Beyond the Screenplay

A Dialectical Approach to Dramaturgy

by Zachariah Rush

Type
Studies
Subject
TechniqueScriptwriting
Keywords
narrative analysis, narrative process, scriptwriting
Publishing date
2012
Publisher
McFarland & Co
Language
English
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Physical desc.
Paperback • 196 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)
ISBN
978-0-7864-6603-0
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Book Presentation:
This work analyzes dramatic structures, from Sophocles to Orson Welles and the 21st century cinema, all from the viewpoint of Hegelian dialectic. Utilizing this dialectical process the author demonstrates its particular application to the writing of a screenplay, which should not be considered a simple schematic or formulaic blueprint but legitimate dramatic literature.

About the Author:
Zachariah Rush is a screenwriter, film critic and regular contributor to Film International magazine. He has written essays for eight volumes of the Directory of World Cinema, and has contributed scenic analyses to five volumes of World Film Locations. He lives in Manchester, England.

Press Reviews:
"Rush demonstrates how dialectics has governed cinema in the past, present, and future"—Reference & Research Book News.

See the publisher website: McFarland & Co

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