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Narrative Assault In Laetitia Masson's À Vendre, Mariah Devereux Herbeck
Narrative Assault In Laetitia Masson's À Vendre, Mariah Devereux Herbeck
Mariah E. Devereux Herbeck
What happens when a detective confuses following with being the object of his search? As the narrative of Laetitia Masson's 1998 film, À vendre, drifts from private investigator Luigi Primo's search for France Robert, a runaway bride, to his own sordid relationships with women, traditions of narrative continuity and authority are violated. In offering a necessarily new take on the adage "violence breeds violence," this article examines the extent to which Luigi's violent disposition, as he searches for France within the narrative, is ultimately expressed as violence to the narrative itself.
André Breton’S Nadja: A Vagabonde In A Femme Fatale’S Narrative, Mariah Devereux Herbeck
André Breton’S Nadja: A Vagabonde In A Femme Fatale’S Narrative, Mariah Devereux Herbeck
Mariah E. Devereux Herbeck
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Reinterpreting Cinematic Utopia In Coline Serreau's Chaos (2001), Mariah Devereux Herbeck
Reinterpreting Cinematic Utopia In Coline Serreau's Chaos (2001), Mariah Devereux Herbeck
Mariah E. Devereux Herbeck
In French filmmaker Coline Serreau’s Chaos, female characters flee the urban status quo, live through (and thrive in) moments of chaos, and finally end their travels in a pastoral seaside home. In depicting a cinematic trip to a seemingly feminine utopia, the film addresses a societal problem that remains under-represented in mainstream cinema: gender inequality and, in particular, transcultural gender inequality. In analyzing Serreau’s gendered approach to utopian fiction, I demonstrate how Chaos manipulates seemingly classic Hollywood narrative form and style to question the gendered status quo of modern Parisian society.