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  • April 1, 2016
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PIANO: THE VICTORIAN IMAGE-SYMBOL IN NEO-VICTORIAN CONSCIOUSNESS (BY THE MATERIAL OF THE FILM “THE PIANO” BY J. CAMPION)

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Abstract

In the article the image of piano as one of Victorian images-symbols in neo-Victorian art is considered, the place of the piano image in the system of images in J. Campion’s film “The Piano” is identified. As a result of the research the author concludes that the piano image in J. Campion’s film performs at least three functions: it causes association with the English way of life in the XIX century, it is of interest for neo-Victorian consciousness as one of the elements of the Victorian value system ​​and it takes the key position in the system of the film images.

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Author information

Yuliya Stanislavovna Skorokhod'ko

V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University

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  • Published: April 1, 2016.

Keywords

  • викторианство
  • неовикторианство
  • неовикторианское кино
  • викторианский образ-символ
  • фортепиано
  • женский вопрос
  • колониальная проблематика
  • Victorian era
  • neo-Victorianism
  • neo-Victorian movie
  • Victorian image-symbol
  • piano
  • women’s issue
  • colonial subject matter

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