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On the Notion of Norm in David Bordwell’s System
On the Notion of Norm in David Bordwell’s System

Author(s): Mirosław Przylipiak
Subject(s): Aesthetics, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Uniwersytet Gdański
Keywords: Norm/deviation; film structuralism; typical film;

Summary/Abstract: The paper scrutinizes a notion of norm in David Bordwell’s system of film aesthetics. It concerns such issues as: a relationship between Jan Mukařovský’s concept of norm and the use Bordwell is making of it; procedures of establishing norms on the basis of sample analysis; justification of norms; list of norms and their status; a dialectic of norm and deviation as a tool for film analysis.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 22 (29)
  • Page Range: 79-102
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: English