{ "item_title" : "An Integral Analysis of Martin Scorsese´s 'Taxi Driver'", "item_author" : [" Daniel Roth "], "item_description" : "Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: 1,5, University of Trier, course: The Films of Martin Scorsese, language: English, abstract: Introduction Starting point for my term paper was the question of how to approach such a complex work of art, since I had no previous experience or theoretical knowledge in the analysis of films. It quickly dawned on me that a literal analysis of the film s plot and its characters under particular consideration of the author s intention, that I was used to in the field of literary studies, would be dysfunctional, since there were too many creative sources involved in the genesis of a film. To further complicate matters, I became in my search for appropriate secondary literature quickly acquainted with some post-modern scholars such as Robin Wood, who sees Paul Schrader as a neo-fascist, whose films amount to a systematic repudiation of all minority groups and any possible social alternative, in order to re-assert a quasi-mystical sense of male supremacy, heterosexual superiority, and a total spurious transcendence....] the film's interest is inseparable from its sense of confusion, its failure to define a coherent attitude towards its protagonist. (Wood) Since I was convinced that there was more to Taxi Driver than its sense of confusion and, that a coherent, clear analysis was possible, though coming to a definite conclusion might not be possible due to its character s ambivalence, I intended my term paper to be a step out of this academic mingling of terms by the use of an integral approach. I use the word integral in a Wilberian sense, which is to include as many perspectives, styles, and methodologies as possible within a coherent view ofa] topic. (integral thought -Wikipedia) Part one of my paper is generally a brief summary of the main underlying motives that I identified in the secondary literature on Taxi Driver. These motiv", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/3/65/613/068/365613068X_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "25.50", "online_price" : "25.50", "our_price" : "25.50", "club_price" : "25.50", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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