Werner Herzog is a rebellious artist and lonely dreamer.Throughout his whole career, Herzog enthusiastically and persistently pursues cinematic dream, courting disasters and overcoming the seemingly insurmountable. Th...Werner Herzog is a rebellious artist and lonely dreamer.Throughout his whole career, Herzog enthusiastically and persistently pursues cinematic dream, courting disasters and overcoming the seemingly insurmountable. This paper argues that Stroszek reflects Herzog's rebellious spirit and dream passion in its combination of the documentary with fiction, ecstatic truth and heroic characters.展开更多
In Herzog,one of Saul Bellow’s most renowned works,the theme of the body plays a central and significant role,serving as a powerful symbol throughout the narrative.The text not only offers a detailed portrayal of the...In Herzog,one of Saul Bellow’s most renowned works,the theme of the body plays a central and significant role,serving as a powerful symbol throughout the narrative.The text not only offers a detailed portrayal of the protagonist,Herzog’s physicality,but it also delves into the bodies of various secondary characters,thereby enhancing the novel’s complexity.From the standpoint of corporeal narratology,this analysis draws primarily from Peter Brooks’s theory of body narrative dynamics to explore the intricate role that the body assumes within the storyline.By examining how the body is woven into the fabric of the narrative,the paper argues that its representation serves to carry profound meanings and implications.Through vivid and often sexualized portrayals of the body,Bellow constructs a phallocentric universe,in which Herzog’s own physical presence becomes a symbol of the uniformity between sexual desire,cognitive obsession,and voyeuristic tendencies,all of which serve to propel the narrative forward.Meanwhile,Madeleine’s body is strategically portrayed as a Medusa-like object of intense desire,symbolizing both Herzog’s deep yearning and his underlying fear of emasculation,effectively embodying his psychological anxieties.展开更多
文摘Werner Herzog is a rebellious artist and lonely dreamer.Throughout his whole career, Herzog enthusiastically and persistently pursues cinematic dream, courting disasters and overcoming the seemingly insurmountable. This paper argues that Stroszek reflects Herzog's rebellious spirit and dream passion in its combination of the documentary with fiction, ecstatic truth and heroic characters.
文摘In Herzog,one of Saul Bellow’s most renowned works,the theme of the body plays a central and significant role,serving as a powerful symbol throughout the narrative.The text not only offers a detailed portrayal of the protagonist,Herzog’s physicality,but it also delves into the bodies of various secondary characters,thereby enhancing the novel’s complexity.From the standpoint of corporeal narratology,this analysis draws primarily from Peter Brooks’s theory of body narrative dynamics to explore the intricate role that the body assumes within the storyline.By examining how the body is woven into the fabric of the narrative,the paper argues that its representation serves to carry profound meanings and implications.Through vivid and often sexualized portrayals of the body,Bellow constructs a phallocentric universe,in which Herzog’s own physical presence becomes a symbol of the uniformity between sexual desire,cognitive obsession,and voyeuristic tendencies,all of which serve to propel the narrative forward.Meanwhile,Madeleine’s body is strategically portrayed as a Medusa-like object of intense desire,symbolizing both Herzog’s deep yearning and his underlying fear of emasculation,effectively embodying his psychological anxieties.
