Narrative Approach to Henry V (Branagh, 1989)

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10.2991/icassee-17.2018.97How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Henry V; Branagh; film narrative; Greenblatt

Abstract

This paper approaches the film Henry V (Branagh, 1989) from a narrative perspective. By comparing the literary text of Shakespeare with Branagh's film representation in terms of narrative order and descriptive difference, it argues that Branagh's twisting of narrative order together with the inherently more committal feature of film description contribute to the popular interpretation of the film as denouncing a Machiavellian Monster embarking on his rise with foul witchcraft out of the originally ambiguous play text. Furthermore, it tends to argue that ambiguity or ambivalence is rendered less likely in visual description, hence, in a predominantly visual age, the changing cognitive environment necessitates a re-examination of the theory of Subversion and Containment.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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