Techno-euphoria and the world-improving dream: Gladiator
In this essay, I explore the potential of the epic genre as a form of transnational cinema, and reconsider its traditional role as a vehicle of national ideology and aspirations. I suggest that the contemporary historical epic conveys a sense of double-voicing by adapting epic themes usually associa...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2006-04-01
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Series: | Ilha do Desterro |
Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/1489 |