Political vertigo in "Dead Poets Society"

• David Payne ^[1]
  1. [1] University of South Florida

     University of South Florida

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 58, nº 1, 1992, págs. 13-21
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Dead Poets Society offers a critical opportunity to investigate linkages between political expression and dramatic form. The film text combines comic and tragic structures in unusual ways, reflecting a contemporary political orientation toward institutions and social conformity. The analysis suggests that comedic “vertigo” is central to Dead Poets Society and other texts, and that this mechanism is a form of political expression and therapy for some contemporary American audiences.