UCI The Voice in the Cinema Essay

Texts:

• Mary Ann Doane, “The Voice in the Cinema: The Articulation of Body and Space”
• Laura Mulvey, “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”

Respond:

1. What are the authors’ main arguments?
2. Who is the spectator that the authors are discussing / imagining?
3. What common sense are the authors dialoguing with (or against)?
4. How do the texts dialogue with one another?
5. How do they change your own view of film?
6. Your comment on something that stood out to you, or that you’d like more explanation on.