On Some Semiotic Models in Film and Fiction: Mirrors and Doubles Cover Image

Mõnedest semiootilistest mudelitest kirjanduses ja filmis: peeglid ja teisikud
On Some Semiotic Models in Film and Fiction: Mirrors and Doubles

Author(s): Marina Grišakova
Subject(s): Semiotics / Semiology
Published by: Eesti Semiootika Selts
Keywords: film; literature; semiotic models; mirrors; doubles; film; kirjandus; semiootilised mudelid; peeglid; teisikud

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the models of the "double identity" in film and fiction. W. Iser's reworking of the Lacanian theory is used to describe different historical paradigms of the "doubling". The two dominant models serve as a basis for the description: the "split personality " and the "sharedpersonality". In the first case, the split between the two aspects of the ambivalent personality leads to extrapolation: an aspect is hypostatized into physical presence or a personified narrative agent. In the second case, the "shared" or "invaded self involves the other's virtual presence perceived as real, which may result in further serial splittings and displacements.

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 043-054
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Estonian