Mind-Tricking Narratives
Between Classical and Art-Cinema Narration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4375111 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cornelia Klecker (0000-0002-4700-8515, Universität Innsbruck, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 119-146 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Poetics Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0333-5372 • E-ISSN: 1527-5507 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/03335372-1894469 |
| OpenAlex | W2314624800 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 20 |
This article contributes to the recent discussion of what is often referred to in film studies as "complex storytelling." Unfortunately, complex storytelling is a vague term, and therefore the aim of this article is to identify one specific, clearly distinguishable category of such storytelling, "mind-tricking narratives." These employ narrative techniques - to be more precise, focused and temporary surprise gaps - that deliberately deceive the audience. They play with the viewers' experiences, expectations, and responses during the viewing of a film and spring an utterly surprising outcome in the end that calls for a distinct reviewing - as in M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, David Fincher's Fight Club, and Christopher Nolan's The Prestige. After problematizing recent work on complex storytelling in film studies, this article analyzes mind-tricking narratives in greater detail. It seeks to explain why such narratives are a subtype of complex storytelling despite the fact that many of them are narrated in a seemingly classical way. Furthermore, they will be distinguished according to three main aspects: who deceives, how is it done, and when does the audience find out about the deception
Aesthetics · Art · Deception · Literature · Movie theater · Narrative · Sociology · Storytelling · Surprise · Cinema and Media Studies · Digital Games and Media · History · Psychology · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |