The 18th National Symposium of Theater in Academe. On Emotion, Pathos, and the Human Condition in Theater and Film

Dominique Nasta présentera une conférence intitulée « Songs as Emotion Catalysts in Films », consacrée au rôle déterminant de la chanson dans la construction des émotions filmiques.

Abstract
While it was an essential element of a film's narrative structure from its very beginnings in cinema, the song has constantly evolved according to modern and/or postmodern trends, occupying a prominent place in all audiovisual media. The catchphrase introducing a song in one of the first talkies, The Jazz Singer (1927) :"You ain't heard nothing yet," has consistently confirmed the relevance of a sung element in the reinvention of an emotional environment. The keynote address will therefore explore some key stages in the reappropriation of a universe that is initially familiar and recognizable to the viewer through songs that assert a singularity intended to immerse them in powerfully subjective emotional worlds. The presentation will focus on the classic Hollywood use of the song-character, some lesser-known modern uses from Eastern European cinema , experimental cinema, the irruption of songs in music videos and Euro-American TV series as an affirmation of buried singularities , including some cases of contemporary French films by female directors that continually question the difficult transition from a Cavellian "world viewed," to a world where the exemplary nature of listening to a key song as a emotion catalyst reigns supreme

La participation de Dominique Nasta s’inscrit dans une programmation réunissant artistes, chercheurs et praticiens de divers horizons — de la Roumanie à la Serbie, en passant par la Belgique et les États-Unis. L’édition 2026 se veut l’une des plus internationales et immersives de l’histoire du symposium, marquant la fin d’un cycle porté pendant plus de trois décennies par la professeure Domnica Rădulescu.

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