Ellipsis in Literary and Film Narration ("Picnic at the Hanging Rock" by Joan Lindsay and Peter Weir) Cover Image

Elipsa w narracji literackiej i filmowej. "Piknik pod wiszącą skałą"
Ellipsis in Literary and Film Narration ("Picnic at the Hanging Rock" by Joan Lindsay and Peter Weir)

Author(s): Paulina Pawłowska-Jądrzyk
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Weir Peter; film narration

Summary/Abstract: Basing on the mysterious novel written by Joan Lindsay "Picnic at the Hanging Rock" (1967) and its famous adaptation by Peter Weir (1975), the author of the article investigates the problem of indirect “creating the reality beyond our perception” in the narrative arts. The paper proves that such use may be made of one kind of ellipsis (“a great ellipses”), understood as a significant figure of narration: it is described as a textual structure that – in some contexts – organizes metaphysical meanings. The author also raises the question of different medial contextualizations of the ellipsis in literature and film.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 71-72
  • Page Range: 200-216
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish
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