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dc.contributor.authorVaage, Margrethe Bruun
dc.contributor.editorCarlsson, Ulla
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-21T13:26:05Z
dc.date.available2014-11-21T13:26:05Z
dc.date.issued2009-11
dc.identifier.citationNordicom Review 30 (2009) 2, pp. 159-178sv
dc.identifier.isbn978-91-89471-89-4
dc.identifier.issn1403-1108
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/37498
dc.description.abstractIdiosyncratic responses are more strictly personal responses to fiction film that vary across individual spectators. In philosophy of film, idiosyncratic responses are often deemed inappropriate, unwarranted and unintended by the film. One type of idiosyncratic response is when empathy with a character triggers the spectator to reflect on his own real-life issues. Self-reflection can be triggered by egoistic drift, where the spectator starts imagining himself in the character’s shoes, by re-experiencing memories, or by unfamiliar experiences that draw the spectator’s attention. Film may facilitate self-reflection by slowing down narrative development and making the narrative indeterminate. Such scenes do make idiosyncratic responses, such as self-reflection, appropriate and intended. Fiction film is a safe context for the spectator to reflect on personal issues, as it also affords him with distancing techniques if the reflection becomes too painful or unwanted. The fictional context further encourages self-reflection in response to empathy, as the spectator is relieved from real-life moral obligations to help the other.sv
dc.format.extent20 p.sv
dc.language.isoengsv
dc.publisherNordic Council of Ministers, Nordicomsv
dc.subjectspectator engagementsv
dc.subjectfiction filmsv
dc.subjectidiosyncratic responsessv
dc.subjectempathysv
dc.titleSelf-Reflection. Beyond Conventional Fiction Film Engagementsv
dc.typeTextsv
dc.type.sveparticle, peer reviewed scientificsv
dc.contributor.organizationDepartment of Media and Art Studies, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheimsv


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