<Articles>Search for One's Voice in the World beyond What One Can See : Close Analysis of the Obscure in Film

Abstract

This paper explores the problem of search for one's own voice in the ordinary life by analysis of the films Stella Dallas and Still Walking, with references to Stanley Cavell's reading. By focusing on the obscure in the relationship between the self and the other, or transcendence, expressed especially in conversation and behaviour, the importance of ratification supported by 'reading between lines' and the therapeutic mode of thought 'as if', that is, a type of belief in transcendence, will be revealed. This is an alternative to the scientific demonstrative mode of thought. Through the analysis, in conclusion, this paper discusses the idea that the awareness of the world that one can see is not everything and its educational implication.