An Integral Analysis of Martin Scorsese´s 'Taxi Driver'

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Author: Daniel Roth ISBN: 9783656131229
Publisher: GRIN Publishing Publication: February 15, 2012
Imprint: GRIN Publishing Language: English
Author: Daniel Roth
ISBN: 9783656131229
Publisher: GRIN Publishing
Publication: February 15, 2012
Imprint: GRIN Publishing
Language: English

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 of [a] 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 motives are: Travis Bickle´s ambivalence, the creative tension between Paul Schrader and Martin Scorsese, cinematic and literary influences on Taxi Driver as well as Taxi Driver´s influences. Part two comprises a look at Taxi Driver from three fundamental perspectives - the psychological, the social and the cultural- and is introduced by the question 'How to approach Taxi Driver?', which is basically a reflection on my original dilemma.

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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 of [a] 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 motives are: Travis Bickle´s ambivalence, the creative tension between Paul Schrader and Martin Scorsese, cinematic and literary influences on Taxi Driver as well as Taxi Driver´s influences. Part two comprises a look at Taxi Driver from three fundamental perspectives - the psychological, the social and the cultural- and is introduced by the question 'How to approach Taxi Driver?', which is basically a reflection on my original dilemma.

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