Study Of Trauma Narrative In The Films Of Alain Resnais

Throughout the films of French director Alain Resnais,trauma is everywhere.Alain Resnais has mixed emotions about war,love and fate,but this does not affect his perception of life.In his films,whether through historical images,he objectively presents the great pain brought by war to human beings,the men and women who are trapped in the shackles of love,or the seemingly light or heavy choices that bring unbearable consequences,all of which represent the fetters of fate in the past and present,gain and loss,flashback and repetition,trying to break away from the pain of the past.Start your life anew.This paper is based on the trauma theory and combined with different trauma narrative themes in the films of Alain Resnais.Through the reexperience of traumatic events,the traumatic memory is awakened in the traumatic experience,the traumatic symptoms are revealed,and the trauma subject is treated in the continuous narration.This series of processes is the process of trauma narrative reenactment and resolution,as well as the process of trauma recovery.This paper consists of three parts:introduction,text and conclusion.The introduction section first elaborates on the research background and significance of the topic selection of this paper.Secondly,it studies and sorts out the existing researches on director Alain Resnais and his works at home and abroad,and makes outlook and comments.Finally,it expresses the innovation points of this paper.The first chapter makes a general summary of trauma narrative,defines the theoretical basis and characteristics of trauma narrative,and describes how trauma narrative is presented in the film with cases.The second chapter summarizes the traumatic life experience,the creation of the film and the formation of the traumatic style of the film.The third chapter studies the theme expression of the trauma narratives in his films.Focusing on the film of Alain Resnais,the trauma theme contained in the film is divided into three aspects to narrate.The fourth chapter is the image presentation of the trauma narrative in the films of Alain Resnais.Through the analysis of the metaphorical expression in the picture,the use of depth of field lens,lines and music,it illustrates the trauma narrative in the works of Alain Resnais combined with specific films.The fifth chapter studies the significance of trauma narration in the films of Alain Resnais in trauma treatment and recovery.In the epilogue,the author points out the meaning conveyed in the films of Alain Resnais.In this paper,it is argued that the films of Alain Resnais constantly put the traumatic memory and experience on the screen,and present the ambiguity and uncertainty of memory with montage techniques such as flashback and jump cutting.The trauma subject constantly experiences self-closure and emotional catharsis,and achieves trauma treatment and recovery through continuous telling,so that the trauma subject can forget the past pain and start a new life.The films of Alain Resnais convey warmth and give strength to people in the midst of trauma,enabling them to come out of it,reconcile with themselves,and gain a better sense of meaning in life.