[Discussion] UPDATE: Horrific Harmonies (grad) (2/12/05; (dis)junctions, 4/8/05-4/9/05)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

(dis)junctions: theory reloaded (april 8-9, 2005)
Horrific Harmonies: Placing Oneself Within the Audiovisual Nightmare
*Submissions deadline extended to February 12, 2005

This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be held at
(dis)junctions: theory reloaded at the University of California
Riverside=92s 12th Annual Humanities Graduate Conference on April 8-9, 20=
05.

Historically, film criticism has been dominated by the visual,
subjugating the auditory perspective. Only recently has critical work
begun to explore the ways in which music influences how films are
perceived. Assuming that the influence of music in film is often
overlooked in classical film studies, one could argue that film music
has been made to serve the image instead of working in collaboration
with the image to create a cohesive effect. However, in horror films
music is so apparent and overt in its attempt to manipulate emotion that
it subverts classical perspectives of music and its relation to film.
How do horror films utilize music to create/manipulate the intended
atmosphere? Why is the horror genre, unlike other film genres,
comfortable with such overt expression of its audio qualities? How are
modern films taking into account auditory perspectives in order to
create a deeper sensory experience, and can this in some way be linked
to the examples that horror films have provided?

One page abstracts should be e-mailed to nicholasanthonyvaldez@yahoo.com
by February 12, 2005 (text in the body of the message; please no
attachments). The submissions should be no longer than 250 words.

Proposals sent via snail mail should be sent to:
(dis)junctions
UCR's Twelfth Annual Humanities Graduate Conference
Department of English
UC Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521-0323

For more information on the conference, please visit:
http://english.ucr.edu/gsea/disjunctions/



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