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@article{ART002048638},
author={Kyoung-Lae kang and BOGYEONG KIM},
title={Cinematic Photogénie, or Walter Benjamin’s “Dialectical Image” - Represented in Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du Cinema},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2015},
volume={72},
number={4},
pages={213-246},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.72.4.201511.213}

TY - JOUR
AU - Kyoung-Lae kang
AU - BOGYEONG KIM
TI - Cinematic Photogénie, or Walter Benjamin’s “Dialectical Image” - Represented in Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du Cinema
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2015
VL - 72
IS - 4
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 213
EP - 246
SN - 1598-3021
AB - In the early French film school, photogénie referred to the camera’s capacity for conveying the essence of the (“spirit”) of things — especially through the ontological traces of the referent, which is imprinted on the film negative. This essay traces how the concept of photogénie has influenced film theory by examining a few relevant film theorists, including Jean Epstein, Fernand Léger, Béla Balázs, and Walter Benjamin. In particular, we compare discussions of photogénie with Benjamin’s concepts of the “optical unconscious” and “dialectical image.” In so doing, we showcase that Benjamin’s understandings of media and image take a theoretical homology with photogénie. In addition, we analyze Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du Cinema that includes various experimental modes of images in a hope to disclose that the spirit of photogénie is embedded in Godard’s usage of cinematic montage, memory, and history, and in return echoes Benjamin’s understanding of visual media and image.
KW - Photogénie;physiognomie;dialectical image;Montage;Béla Balázs;Walter Benjamin;Jean-Luc Godard;Jacques Rancière
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.72.4.201511.213
ER -

Kyoung-Lae kang and BOGYEONG KIM. (2015). Cinematic Photogénie, or Walter Benjamin’s “Dialectical Image” - Represented in Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du Cinema. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 72(4), 213-246.

Kyoung-Lae kang and BOGYEONG KIM. 2015, "Cinematic Photogénie, or Walter Benjamin’s “Dialectical Image” - Represented in Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du Cinema", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.72, no.4 pp.213-246. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.72.4.201511.213

Kyoung-Lae kang, BOGYEONG KIM "Cinematic Photogénie, or Walter Benjamin’s “Dialectical Image” - Represented in Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du Cinema" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 72.4 pp.213-246 (2015) : 213.

Kyoung-Lae kang, BOGYEONG KIM. Cinematic Photogénie, or Walter Benjamin’s “Dialectical Image” - Represented in Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du Cinema. 2015; 72(4), 213-246. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.72.4.201511.213

Kyoung-Lae kang and BOGYEONG KIM. "Cinematic Photogénie, or Walter Benjamin’s “Dialectical Image” - Represented in Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du Cinema" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 72, no.4 (2015) : 213-246.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.72.4.201511.213

Kyoung-Lae kang; BOGYEONG KIM. Cinematic Photogénie, or Walter Benjamin’s “Dialectical Image” - Represented in Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du Cinema. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 72(4), 213-246. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.72.4.201511.213

Kyoung-Lae kang; BOGYEONG KIM. Cinematic Photogénie, or Walter Benjamin’s “Dialectical Image” - Represented in Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du Cinema. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2015; 72(4) 213-246. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.72.4.201511.213

Kyoung-Lae kang, BOGYEONG KIM. Cinematic Photogénie, or Walter Benjamin’s “Dialectical Image” - Represented in Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du Cinema. 2015; 72(4), 213-246. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.72.4.201511.213

Kyoung-Lae kang and BOGYEONG KIM. "Cinematic Photogénie, or Walter Benjamin’s “Dialectical Image” - Represented in Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du Cinema" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 72, no.4 (2015) : 213-246.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.72.4.201511.213