{"product_id":"an-integral-analysis-of-martin-scorsese-s-taxi-driver-von-daniel-roth","title":"An Integral Analysis of Martin Scorsese´s 'Taxi Driver'","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: 1,5, University of Trier, course: The Films of Martin Scorsese, language: English, abstract: Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting point for my term paper was the question of how to approach such a complex work of art, since I had no previous experience or theoretical knowledge in the analysis of films. It quickly dawned on me that a literal analysis of the film¿s plot and its characters under particular consideration of the author¿s intention, that I was used to in the field of literary studies, would be dysfunctional, since there were too many creative sources involved in the genesis of a film. To further complicate matters, I became in my search for appropriate secondary literature quickly acquainted with some post-modern scholars such as Robin Wood, who sees Paul Schrader as a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ¿neo-fascist¿, ¿whose films amount to a systematic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e repudiation of all minority groups and any possible social alternative, in order to re-assert a quasi-mystical sense of male supremacy, heterosexual superiority, and a total spurious \"transcendence\". [...] the film's interest is inseparable from its sense of confusion, its failure to define a coherent attitude towards its protagonist.¿ (Wood)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince I was convinced that there was more to Taxi Driver than its ¿sense of confusion¿ and,  that a coherent, clear analysis was possible, though coming to a definite conclusion might not be possible due to its character¿s ambivalence,  I intended my term paper to be a step out of this academic mingling of terms by the use of an integral approach. I use the word integral in a Wilberian sense, which is ¿to include as many perspectives, styles, and methodologies as possible within a coherent view of [a] topic¿. (¿integral thought¿ -Wikipedia) Part one of my paper is generally a brief  summary of the main underlying motives that I identified in the secondary literature on Taxi Driver. These motives are: Travis Bickle¿s ambivalence, the creative tension between Paul Schrader and Martin Scorsese, cinematic and literary influences on Taxi Driver as well as Taxi Driver¿s influences. Part two comprises a look at Taxi Driver from  three fundamental perspectives ¿ the psychological, the social and the cultural- and is introduced by the question ¿How to approach Taxi Driver?¿, which is basically\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea reflection on my original dilemma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783656130680\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783656130680","offer_id":39446036873309,"sku":"9783656130680","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/b46f227c-eba1-4381-af03-cac74a166412.jpg?v=1777870498","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/an-integral-analysis-of-martin-scorsese-s-taxi-driver-von-daniel-roth","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}