De Pygmalion a Pinocchio: Le corps et la statuaire dans le cinema francais et italien
by Ganachaud, Sophie, Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, 2008, 233 pages; 3416440

Abstract:

My dissertation offers an analysis of the evolution of the various representations and meanings of the human figure and body, in both post-World War II French and Italian cinema. It explores the symbolism and the semiological role of the statuary and suggests a new reading of film classics such as Roberto Rossellini’s Voyage to Italy (1956) and François Truffaut’s Jules et Jim (1961), but also more recent film productions like Beau Travail (2001) by Claire Denis and Io non ho paura (2003) by Gabriele Salvatores.

I compare some of these films to their literary counterparts such as James Joyce’s short story The Dead (1914), which inspired Voyage to Italy, and Herman Melville’s Billy Budd (1924) that provided Denis with her artistic concept of a new male body in Beau Travail. My goal was to explore these films from different perspectives so as to blend the frontiers between the cinematic and literary narrative genres. The transformations of the body reveal the profound impact of the war and the need to break free from its conditioning imagery: the artistic body breaks the mould to express a new and individualized vision of humanity.
 
AdviserSylvie Blum-Reid
SchoolUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
SourceDAI/A 71-08, p. , Aug 2010
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsRomance literature; Film studies
Publication Number3416440
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