Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Science Education and Art Appreciation (SEAA 2022)

Analysis of Time Narrative in ‘The Father’

Authors
Shuyi Li1, *
1Literature and Art Major, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 18013971695@163.com
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Shuyi Li
Available Online 19 November 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-05-3_111How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Zeiler; ‘The Father’; Time narration
Abstract

‘The Father’, a film directed by Florian Zeller, is adapted from its drama of the same name, which shows the change of mental time of an old man with Alzheimer’s disease. The narrative of the film belongs to a complicated combination mode of segments, in which we witnessed the change of the psychological perspective of Anthony, and at the same time, this change had an impact on the time narrative of the film. The narrative time of ‘The Father’ can be divided into three types: psychological time, space time and nonlinear film narrative time. The transition from psychological time to space time is a process in which the father Anthony gradually realizes the truth behind it, and the nonlinear time narrative of the film itself reflects the originality of director Zeiler. Through the chaotic fragments of time and space, this film reproduces the illusory images in the minds of Alzheimer’s patients. When the complete time narrative chain is reconstructed, the unbearable lightness in the life of Alzheimer’s patients is exposed.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Science Education and Art Appreciation (SEAA 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
19 November 2022
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-494069-05-3_111
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-05-3_111How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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