On the Unnatural Spaces Narration of the Film Stranger Than Fiction

  • Jialu Li School of Foreign Languages, Inner Mongolia University of Technology
  • Hong Zhang School of Foreign Languages, Inner Mongolia University of Technology
  • Meng Guo School of Foreign Languages, Inner Mongolia University of Technology
Ariticle ID: 2248
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18282/l-e.v10i2.2248
Keywords: Film narration, Unnatural Spaces, Stranger Than Fiction, Life, Morality

Abstract

Space is one of the important dimensions of film narrative strategy, and the space narrative of film has received more and more attention from narratologists The film “Stranger Than Fiction†uses unnatural narration to The film “Stranger Than Fiction†uses unnatural narration to convey the themes of love, death and life to the audience through the presentation of unnatural narrative space. discusses the unnatural spaces narration of “Stranger Than Fiction†from the perspective of external materialization of inner This paper discusses the unnatural spaces narration of Stranger Than Fiction from the perspective of external materialization of inner psychological state, fantasy narrative space and ontological transcription. The use of these three unnatural space narrative methods not only helps the film to better shape its plot, highlight its themes and interpret its connotations, but also enhances The use of these three unnatural space narrative methods not only helps the film to better shape its plot, highlight its themes and interpret its connotations, but also enhances the film its own sense of fun and level, provoking people to rethink about life, emotions and moral values.

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[2] Jan Alber. Unnatural Narratology: The Systematic Study of Anti-Mimeticism[J]. Literature Compass . 2013 (5)

Published
2021-09-16
Issue
Vol. 10 No. 2 (2021)

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