First interlude: a contingent irruption

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Tyrer, B. 2016. First interlude: a contingent irruption. in: Out of the past: Lacan and film noir Cham Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 79-90
Chapter titleFirst interlude: a contingent irruption
AuthorsTyrer, B.
Abstract

The second section begins with the Lacanian concept of the Real and its relation to the Symbolic. It will start by arguing that the work on film noir of Marc Vernet can be understood in terms of different articulations of that relationship. Beginning with a reading of Vernet’s essay, “The Filmic Transaction”, I will propose that his examination of noir narrative structure can be reconsidered as an expression of Lacan’s theory of trauma as tuché and automaton that is set out in Seminar XI: as the symbolic machinery that works in response to the intrusion of some traumatic event, which cannot be directly symbolised but nonetheless has a powerful effect on the shape of this symbolic structure. I will defend Vernet against the critique of Alain Silver to show that Vernet offers an intelligent study of noir that can serve as a point of departure for a Lacanian theory of film noir narrative.

Sustainable Development Goals10 Reduced inequalities
Middlesex University ThemeHealth & Wellbeing
Page range79-90
Book titleOut of the past: Lacan and film noir
Book authorsTyrer, B.
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Place of publicationCham
SeriesThe Palgrave Lacan Series
ISBN
Hardcover9783319309415
Electronic9783319309422
Paperback9783319809236
ISSN2946-4196
Electronic2946-420X
Publication dates
Online31 Jul 2016
Print09 Aug 2016
Publication process dates
Accepted2015
Deposited11 Jan 2024
Output statusPublished
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30942-2_3
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LanguageEnglish
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