Hey everyone,
I am a PhD student from Denmark, and I am working on my project that deals with ekphrasis (verbal representation of visual representations, or descriptions of visual art in literature) in contemporary prose.
I am currently working with Adam Thorpe's novel "Still" in which the protagonist tries to create a silent film only through the use of text, no images. Also, he very thoroughly describes a "real" movie while watching it. My conjecture is that descriptions of film is a modern form of ekphrasis with images in flux.
My question: I need suggestions for texts that deal with film/tv/moving images/media in a similar way - novels or short stories that somehow describe or use moving pictures as a narrative strategy? Even if the references/descriptions are just short passages - and preferably texts by contemporary British and American authors.
If you have any suggestions, please let me know. If I could I would read every book in the world, but unfortunately I don't have the time, so that's why I'm asking you.
Thanks,
Lise