The Ethics of Estrangement in Shklovsky and Chaplin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22008308 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William Solomon (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 454-475 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Interdisciplinary Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2161-427X • E-ISSN: 1524-8429 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/intelitestud.22.4.0454 |
| OpenAlex | W3111936772 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
This article explores the interplay between Russian formalist aesthetic theory and the practice of American slapstick film. It proposes that Chaplin's early silent comedies both illustrate and influenced Viktor Shklovsky's concept of art as a means of estranging the world. In conclusion, it integrates a little-known late modernist film by Saul Levine, a radical underground filmmaker. This film, “The Big Stick/An Old Reel,” reworks two Chaplin shorts as a countercultural intervention in the current political situation
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Film director · Literature · Movie theater · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Reel · Visual arts · Cinema and Media Studies · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Psychology · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |