Noël Carroll

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Noël Carroll (1947- ) is an American philosopher considered an authority for his aesthetic analysis of films. He works in general on philosophy of art, theory of media and also philosophy of history. He is at present professor at Temple University. As a journalist, he has also published a number of articles in the Chicago Reader, ARtforum, In These Times, Dance Magazine, Soho Weekly News and The Village Voice.

Perhaps his most well-known theory is that the past performances of actors contribute to their star persona, which can be utilized by the viewer to help flesh out other aspects of future character roles. He claims that although suspension of disbelief is essential to a full movie going experience, one must exit the fiction operator at times to comprehend all aspects of a film. For example, while watching in a film based on World War II, one can legitimately reference true history and assume that a soldier wearing a swastika is part of the German Nazi regime. Likewise, Harrison Ford's forceful portrayal of the President of the United States in Air Force One draws from his star persona built from his rebellious, individualistic roles has Han Solo and Indiana Jones.

Contents 1 Works 1.1 Magazine Articles 1.2 Newspaper Articles 1.3 Books 1.3.1 Aesthetics Essays 1.3.2 Collections and Collaborations 2 Education 3 Positions 4 External Links

[edit] Works

Noël Carroll is the author of over one hundred articles and other works:

[edit] Magazine Articles

• "Air Dancing", The Drama Review (TDR), vol.19, n°1, 1975.
• "Mind, Medium and Metaphor in Harry Smith's Heaven and Earth Magic", Film Quarterly, vol.31, n°2, 1977-1978.
• "Organic Analysis", TDR, vol.22, n°3, September 1979, pp. 34-44.

[edit] Newspaper Articles

• "For God and Country", Artforum, January 1973.
• "Joan Jones: Making the Image Visible", Artforum, avril 1974.
• "Douglas Dunn, 308 Broadway", Artforum, septembre 1974.
• "Entr'acte, Paris and Dada", Millennium Film Journal, n°1, 1977.
• "The Cabinet of Dr. Kracauer", Millennium Film Journal, n°2, Spring/Summer 1978, pp. 77-85.
• "Choreographic Canvases", Soho Weekly News, December 1978.
• "Lang, Pabst and Sound", Cine-tracts, n°5, 1978, pp. 15-23.
• "Welles and Kafka", Film Reader, n°3, 1978, pp. 180-188.

[edit] Books

[edit] Aesthetics Essays

• Philosophical Problems of Classical Film Theory, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1988.
• Mystifying Movies: Fads and Fallacies in Contemporary Film Theory, New York, Columbia University Press, 1988.
• The Philosophy of Horror, or Paradoxes of the Heart, New York, Routledge, 1990.
• Theorizing The Moving Image, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
• A Philosophy of Mass Art, New York, Oxford University Press, 1998.
• Interpreting The Moving Image, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1998.
• Philosophy of Art: A Contemporary Introduction, New York, Routledge, 1999.
• Beyond Aesthetics: Philosophical Essays, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
• Engaging The Moving Image, New Haven, Yale University Press, 2003.
• Comedy Incarnate: Buster Keaton, Physical Humor and Bodily Coping, Malden, Blackwell Publishing, 2007.
• The Philosophy of Motion Pictures, Malden, Blackwell Publishing, 2008.

[edit] Collections and Collaborations

• Post-Theory: Reconstructing Film Studies (with David Bordwell), Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1996.
• Theories of Art Today, Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 2000.
• Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures (with Jinhee Choi), Malden, Blackwell Publishing, 2006.

[edit] Education

• B.A., Philosophy, Hofstra University, 1969
• M.A., Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, 1970
• M.A., Cinema Studies, New York University, 1974
• M.A., Philosophy, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, 1976
• Ph.D., Cinema Studies, New York University, 1976 (thesis title : "An In-Depth Analysis of Buster Keaton's The General")
• Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, 1983

[edit] Positions

• Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities at Temple University.
• Former president of the American Society for Aesthetics.

[edit] External Links

Noël Carroll bibliography maintained by Ludvig Hertzberg.