Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Suspense


Suspense; a feeling, an emotion or a state of mind which we experience while watching a movie, watching television or reading a book. But what is it exactly?


" The activity of anticipating; it provides the material from which viewers can extrapolate future developments." - H.J. Wulff


" An experience between fear and pleasure." - L. Mikos


" A strategy by which the mirroring identification of the viewer and the textual subject is broken, and the subject's mastery of events seems to be problematic." - G. Leonard


" Viewers participate in films by viewing empathic with positive protagonists." - D. Zilmann



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