Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Ph.D.student Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Professor, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Cinematic techniques are tools to convey audio-visual information. Cinematography, as the art and technology of filmmaking, includes the techniques such as framing, camera angles and distances, camera movments, lighting, and color have the ability to adapt to the literary text. Jordanian novels take step aligned with the process of the evolution of the contemporary Arabic novel, and leading novelists such as Ghalib Halasa have utilized new narrative methods and cinematic techniques, in particular in their works. The novel "The Three Faces of Baghdad" by Halasa is a clear example of utilizing the cinematographic techniques. The present study, using a descriptive-analytical method, attempts to examine the use of these elements in this novel .in order to reveal impacts of cinematic techniques in the formation of visual space. This elements are intelligently used to tell the story, in addition to conveying the individual feelings of the dominant character who is confused and ambiguous, and to show the collective emotions of the Iraq nation during the Baath Party’s rule living in an environment filled with fear and anxiety. Shots with long and short camera distances and views from different angles focus on specific elements of the scene and create visual variety.
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