O’Kane’s Blog Extract:
in reference to Girlhood (2014/15, Céline Sciamma)
The Storytller: ‘Reflections on the works of Nikolai Leskov’
Key Points:
- Loss beings ew value to the object being diminishes
- Line of Progress Storytelling vs. Novel vs. Information vs. Fairytales – a reflection of societal changes
- Information – Fairytales – the idea of ‘Fact’
- Information as a ‘momentary truth’
- ‘Novels’ for the Middle Class
- Baudrillard – News Stories
Recommended Reading:
- Jhumpa Lahiri – The Interpreter of Maladies
- Raymond Carver – What We Talk About When We Talk About Love?/Elephant/Cathedral/Will You Please Be Quiet Please
- Helen Simpson – Four Bare Legs in a Bed and Other Stories
- Baudrillard
