From the Teen Film to the Emerging Adult Film: The Road to Adulthood in Say Anything (1989) and High Fidelity (2000)
From the Teen Film to the Emerging Adult Film: The Road to Adulthood in Say Anything (1989) and High Fidelity (2000)
Author(s): Andrea Sofía Regueira MartínSubject(s): Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Film / Cinema / Cinematography, History of Art
Published by: Instytut Anglistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: film studies; film genre; teen film; adolescence; youth; emerging adulthood; emerging adult film;
Summary/Abstract: In the past decades, the transition to adulthood in post-industrial countries has become longer, giving rise to emerging adulthood, a new life stage between adolescence and adulthood (Arnett and Taber 1994, Arnett 2000, 2004). Cinema has reflected this change, with a growing number of narratives exploring the challenges of this life stage. Through a comparative analysis of Say Anything (Cameron Crowe, 1989) and High Fidelity (Stephen Frears, 2000), this article seeks to establish the emerging adult film as a youth film subgenre of its own by outlining some of the generic conventions that make it different from teenage films.
Journal: ANGLICA - An International Journal of English Studies
- Issue Year: 31/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 125-140
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
