Pejzaże wyobrażone. Kraj Basków i Andaluzja w kinie hiszpańskim
Imagined landscapes. Basque Country and Andalucia in Spanish cinema

Author(s): Joanna Aleksandrowicz
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Photography, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: An analysis of Spanish films from the years between 1990 and 2015 shows how the fi lm landscapes of Basque Country and Andalusia have become symbols of local culturesand conveyors of identity. The grotesquely exaggerated landscape, along with peculiar weather, chiaroscuro and a range of colors, can also be an element of stereotypical portrayalsof regions and a source of humor in Spanish comedies. The symbolism of Andalusianlandscapes is particularly complex. On the one hand, they are identified with the uniquenessof a little homeland, and on the other hand, they are stereotypically perceived as a mark of entire Spain. Then, Basque Country, situated in the North is regarded as an opposition to the Spanish South in terms of landscape and culture. Both Basque and Andalusian landscapes are associated with particular character types and genre schemata, not infrequently juxtaposed in the narrative as a counterpoint.

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