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The programme begins with a dramatised scene from Woolf's novel 'Mrs Dalloway'. Arnold Kettle argues that Woolf was not just telling a story but recreating an area of reality and this leads her to ...break with the traditional form of the novel in a way which emphasises the moment to moment impressions of life. aaron Scharf shows that Monet, as a painter, had a similar aim: 'To free the creative uncircumscribed spirit'. He illustrates his points with some of the late paintings by Monet of Venice and part of his series on the 'Water Lillies'. Trevor Bray takes on of Debussy's Preludes ('La Cathedrale Engloutie') and continues the parallels by discussing his modification of formal patterns in music for the sake of the directly experienced sensory sound.
The programme begins with a dramatised scene from Woolf's novel 'Mrs Dalloway'. Arnold Kettle argues that Woolf was not just telling a story but recreating an area of reality and this leads her to ...break with the traditional form of the novel in a way which emphasises the moment to moment impressions of life. aaron Scharf shows that Monet, as a painter, had a similar aim: 'To free the creative uncircumscribed spirit'. He illustrates his points with some of the late paintings by Monet of Venice and part of his series on the 'Water Lillies'. Trevor Bray takes on of Debussy's Preludes ('La Cathedrale Engloutie') and continues the parallels by discussing his modification of formal patterns in music for the sake of the directly experienced sensory sound.
| Module code and title: | A302, The nineteenth century novel and its legacy |
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| Item code: | A302; 14 |
| First transmission date: | 29-03-1973 |
| Published: | 1973 |
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| Duration: | 00:23:50 |
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| Producer: | Richard Callanan |
| Contributors: | Arnold Kettle; Aaron Scharf |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Critical theory; Debussy; Monet; Novel; Woolf, Virginia |
| Footage description: | Arnold Kettle introduces a short extract from Virginia Woolf. Rosalie Crutchley reads over reenactment of Mrs. Dalloway's scene in the attic bedroom (Yvonne Mitchell as Mrs. Dalloway). Arnold Kettle discusses Mrs. Dalloway as a character; he introduces excerpts from Virginia Woolf's critical writings and comments on them to elucidate Virginia Woolf's conception of the novel. Rosalie Crutchley quotes from Virginia Woolf's critical theory of the novel and Arnold Kettle explicates. Arnold Kettle links her theory with the fundamental characteristics of the post- Impressionist school of painters. Using Monet as an example of late impressionism, Aaron Scharf takes up Arnold Kettle's suggestion (from Woolf) that the arts from 1910 broke finally with tradition. Shots of the following paintings: 1. Poplars 2. Venice 3. Water garden Scharf links Woolf and Monet. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/70968 |
| Production number: | 00525_3015 |
| Videofinder number: | 2587 |
| Available to public: | no |
