“NEW FRENCH WOMAN” BY R. VADIM, J.-L. GODAR, F. TRUFFO, K. SHABROL AND A. VARDA AS A MANIFESTO OF EUROPEAN FEMINISM IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
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791.43/.45
DOI: 10.31773/2078-1768-2019-46-64-72
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Information about authors: Smagina Svetlana Aleksandrovna, PhD in Art History, Sr Instructor, Department of Film Studies, Film Art Institute, Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. Gerasimov (Moscow, Russian Federation). E-mail: smsval@mail.ru
Annotation: The author of the study is very important the problem of understanding art and culture, taking into account the concept of gender, which allows you to more accurately consider the characters formed images in certain historical periods. Thanks to him, that the researcher is more attentive to the system of socio-cultural representation. This concept is historical and, accordingly, the study of this or that culture itself outside this concept cannot create the confidence of a fairly complete and objective understanding of it. The character of the female image is one of the most important elements of many artistic texts, acting as a kind of set of types of social behavior inherent in a particular culture in a certain historical time of its development. The article is devoted to the changes that occur in the representation of the female image in the French cinema of the late 1950s – early 1960s, known as the “new wave.” This period in European society is marked by an active process of destruction of patriarchal values. At this time, traditionalist ideas about the place of women in social and cultural life are subject to serious revision. The cinema responds to these changes by the appearance on the movie screens of “new French women.” Through an analysis of the representation of women’s images, the article declares not just the characteristics of various modern cinema characters, but indicates the transition from the patriarchal to the feminist gender model in the European society of the 1960s.
Keywords: film history, “New French Women,” “New Wave,” representation, gender studies, Godard, Truffaut, Chabrol, Varda.
DOI: 10.31773/2078-1768-2019-46-64-72
Article ID in the RSCI:
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Information about authors: Smagina Svetlana Aleksandrovna, PhD in Art History, Sr Instructor, Department of Film Studies, Film Art Institute, Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. Gerasimov (Moscow, Russian Federation). E-mail: smsval@mail.ru
Annotation: The author of the study is very important the problem of understanding art and culture, taking into account the concept of gender, which allows you to more accurately consider the characters formed images in certain historical periods. Thanks to him, that the researcher is more attentive to the system of socio-cultural representation. This concept is historical and, accordingly, the study of this or that culture itself outside this concept cannot create the confidence of a fairly complete and objective understanding of it. The character of the female image is one of the most important elements of many artistic texts, acting as a kind of set of types of social behavior inherent in a particular culture in a certain historical time of its development. The article is devoted to the changes that occur in the representation of the female image in the French cinema of the late 1950s – early 1960s, known as the “new wave.” This period in European society is marked by an active process of destruction of patriarchal values. At this time, traditionalist ideas about the place of women in social and cultural life are subject to serious revision. The cinema responds to these changes by the appearance on the movie screens of “new French women.” Through an analysis of the representation of women’s images, the article declares not just the characteristics of various modern cinema characters, but indicates the transition from the patriarchal to the feminist gender model in the European society of the 1960s.
Keywords: film history, “New French Women,” “New Wave,” representation, gender studies, Godard, Truffaut, Chabrol, Varda.
