Space-time Formations In The South Indian Tamil Popular Film Kannathil Muthamittal

In tandem with the current development of flm scholarships in the area of the world and national cinemas, the paper seeks to examine four scenes from the South Indian Tamil popular flm “Kannathil Muthamittal” (English: A Peck on the Cheek) using a concept derived from Hamid Nafcy’s theorisation o...

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Main Authors: Loganathan, Ramesh, Pillai, Shanthini, Krish, Pramela
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spelling my.usm.eprints.41409 http://eprints.usm.my/41409/ Space-time Formations In The South Indian Tamil Popular Film Kannathil Muthamittal Loganathan, Ramesh Pillai, Shanthini Krish, Pramela P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General) In tandem with the current development of flm scholarships in the area of the world and national cinemas, the paper seeks to examine four scenes from the South Indian Tamil popular flm “Kannathil Muthamittal” (English: A Peck on the Cheek) using a concept derived from Hamid Nafcy’s theorisation of an accented cinema known as the flmmakers’ “preoccupation with the place.” The conception is cinematically expressed through spatial representations of the open, closed and the third spacetime formations. In the accented cinema, space-time formations are cinematic spatial aspects that are employed to produce or reproduce the fundamental “accent” of displacement and deterritorialisation. According to Nafcy, the accent predominantly originates from the flmmakers’ experiences and their artisanal productions and not so much from their accented lingo. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/41409/1/IJAPS-142_ART7.pdf Loganathan, Ramesh and Pillai, Shanthini and Krish, Pramela (2018) Space-time Formations In The South Indian Tamil Popular Film Kannathil Muthamittal. International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS), 14 (2). pp. 143-164. ISSN ISSN: 1823-6243 http://ijaps.usm.my/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/IJAPS-142_ART7.pdf
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Loganathan, Ramesh
Pillai, Shanthini
Krish, Pramela
Space-time Formations In The South Indian Tamil Popular Film Kannathil Muthamittal
description In tandem with the current development of flm scholarships in the area of the world and national cinemas, the paper seeks to examine four scenes from the South Indian Tamil popular flm “Kannathil Muthamittal” (English: A Peck on the Cheek) using a concept derived from Hamid Nafcy’s theorisation of an accented cinema known as the flmmakers’ “preoccupation with the place.” The conception is cinematically expressed through spatial representations of the open, closed and the third spacetime formations. In the accented cinema, space-time formations are cinematic spatial aspects that are employed to produce or reproduce the fundamental “accent” of displacement and deterritorialisation. According to Nafcy, the accent predominantly originates from the flmmakers’ experiences and their artisanal productions and not so much from their accented lingo.
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author Loganathan, Ramesh
Pillai, Shanthini
Krish, Pramela
author_facet Loganathan, Ramesh
Pillai, Shanthini
Krish, Pramela
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title Space-time Formations In The South Indian Tamil Popular Film Kannathil Muthamittal
title_short Space-time Formations In The South Indian Tamil Popular Film Kannathil Muthamittal
title_full Space-time Formations In The South Indian Tamil Popular Film Kannathil Muthamittal
title_fullStr Space-time Formations In The South Indian Tamil Popular Film Kannathil Muthamittal
title_full_unstemmed Space-time Formations In The South Indian Tamil Popular Film Kannathil Muthamittal
title_sort space-time formations in the south indian tamil popular film kannathil muthamittal
publisher Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press)
publishDate 2018
url http://eprints.usm.my/41409/1/IJAPS-142_ART7.pdf
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