Alfred Romero
10/14/2022
Professor Frank
Introduction to Literary Theory & Criticism
“Feminism and Visual Texts 10/14” Part 2
From a discussion of her essay, Laura Mulvey goes on to call her text “a document of its time” (9:20).
Immediately when I hear this, I think of how art can reflect history through a perception of that certain time period, but can later be interpreted and analyzed in a variety of different ways as new insight comes along through time. This concept makes sense and oddly enough, I think of the ode from Keats’s poem in terms of art and legacy. I can see this being interpreted through an art perspective, but also maybe through political means as well.
A question I’d pose for Mulvey is how well she thinks her alternative method of fragmented film would work. Not in the sense of any political means, but through a business standpoint for film creators.
