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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1 Chapter 1 The Hero¿s Spiritual Destiny in Bernanos¿ Journal d¿un curé de campagne 5 The Diary and the Curé¿s Inner World 7 The Diary and the Outside World 15 The Conversion Scene 21 Light, Childhood, Poverty: God¿s Grace 28 Chapter 2 The Hero¿s Inner Drama in Bresson¿s Journal d¿un curé de campagne 36 The Curé¿s Aural and Written Narration 41 Relations between Narration and Narrative Images 51 Deletions 59 Dialogue 62 Inner Movements 65 Sounds: the Texture of the Everyday 67 The Final Image: ¿Tout est grâce¿ 69 Chapter 3 The Heroine¿s Redemption in Bernanos¿ Nouvelle Histoire de Mouchette 73 The Heroine¿s Misery 74 The Author-Narrator¿s Voice 78 Breaking the Solitude 83 The Wind and the Imaginary Cyclone 86 The Heroine¿s Song/Purity 88 Water and Drowning 91 Saving Mouchette 94 Chapter 4 The Heroine¿s Salvation in Bresson¿s Mouchette 97 Setting Up the Film 99 The Refusal of Psychology 105 Characters and Their Relations 108 Sounds, Symbols, and Sensibilities 114 The Kindness of Strangers 118 Death and Subjectivity 120 Conclusion 127 Verbal Narration 127 Suicide 129 Bibliography 137
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Bernanos, Georges, 1888-1948 -- Film and video adaptations.
Bernanos, Georges, 1888-1948 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Bresson, Robert -- Criticism and interpretation.