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Aesthetics of Silence and the Ethics of Voice: The Soundscape of Asghar Farhadi’s Cinema

Sessizliğin Estetiği ve Sesin Etiği: Asghar Farhadi Sinemasının İşitsel Peyzajı

Büşra KILIÇ
Pages
126–135
Publication Date
2022-10-19
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Through the partial talks and strategic silences from the charactersand director, the ethical and aesthetical implications of these silences in disentanglingthe truth will be discussed.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This paper is a contribution to the discussion of silence in art, firstly through elaborating onthe nature of silence and then through its utilization in sound cinema, focusing on the movies ofIranian auteur, Asghar Farhadi.
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Key Findings & Data:Summarizing broader views on the (im)possibility of silence andits ethical and political boundaries, this article specifies the issue by examining three moviesfrom Farhadi: About Elly (2009), A Separation (2011), and The Past (2013), all of which are basedon a story of searching for the truth.
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This paper is a contribution to the discussion of silence in art, firstly through elaborating onthe nature of silence and then through its utilization in sound cinema, focusing on the movies ofIranian auteur, Asghar Farhadi. Summarizing broader views on the (im)possibility of silence andits ethical and political boundaries, this article specifies the issue by examining three moviesfrom Farhadi: About Elly (2009), A Separation (2011), and The Past (2013), all of which are basedon a story of searching for the truth. Through the partial talks and strategic silences from the charactersand director, the ethical and aesthetical implications of these silences in disentanglingthe truth will be discussed.

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Bu makale önce sessizliğin doğasına, sonra ise sessizliğin sesli sinemada kullanımına bakarak sanatta sessizlik tartışmasına bir katkı sunmayı amaçlamaktadır. Sessizliğin imkanı/imkansızlığı, etik ve politik sınırları üzerine görüşleri özetledikten sonra makalede sessizlik kavramı İranlı yönetmen Asghar Farhadi’nin sinemasının izinde, yönetmenin temelde hepsi de bir hakikati arama hikayesi olarak kurgulanmış üç filmi, Elly Hakkında (2009), Bir Ayrılık (2011) ve Geçmiş (2013) üzerinden incelenecektir. Hikaye içerisindeki bölünmüş konuşmaların ve hem karakterlerin hem de yönetmenin stratejik sessizliklerinin aranılan hakikatin çözümlenmesindeki etik ve estetik anlamlar tartışılacaktır.

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KILIÇ, B. (2022). Aesthetics of Silence and the Ethics of Voice: The Soundscape of Asghar Farhadi’s Cinema. MSGSÜ Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 2 - Sayı: 17, 126–135. https://ajindex.com/articles/581849

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