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John Dewey and Documentary Narrative
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Mueller, Denis
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1195476626
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Year and Degree
2007, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, American Culture Studies/Communication.
Abstract
This dissertation takes full advantage of the use of video clips as part of the presentation. My work is a combination of traditional scholarship and a visual account concerning the construction of the different narratives in my films. It also contains interviews with other filmmakers about narrative construction in their films. My aim is to show how a new mode of representation in the documentary film, with ties to the theories of John Dewey and his view of art in experience, has developed throughout the past several years. This process is tied to John Dewey’s idea of the concerned citizen in a democracy and his belief in the idea of art based in the concept of experience. The examination of my films will use video illustrations, which will allow the dissertation to provide a visual commentary on the thought process of a filmmaker. This will give the dissertation a self-reflexive quality that is part of a long tradition of scholarship by documentary filmmakers. I include, as part of the dissertation, a newly edited version of an updated film and a sample from a new film that I have begun to produce. The interview sections with other filmmakers provide us with a glimpse into their thought process as these filmmakers discuss narrative construction in their documentary films. This section will establish the links between John Dewey’s thoughts on the process of inquiry and the development of a documentary film. I also will reveal how Dewey’s view of art provides filmmakers, scholars, and students with a fresh look into the construction of the documentary film and the idea of art in experience.
Committee
Don Callen (Advisor)
Pages
122 p.
Subject Headings
Cinema
Keywords
John Dewey
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documentary narrative
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Mueller, D. (2007).
John Dewey and Documentary Narrative
[Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1195476626
APA Style (7th edition)
Mueller, Denis.
John Dewey and Documentary Narrative.
2007. Bowling Green State University, Doctoral dissertation.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1195476626.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Mueller, Denis. "John Dewey and Documentary Narrative." Doctoral dissertation, Bowling Green State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1195476626
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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