The paper discusses the multiple meanings of the Shona traditional theatre, commonly known as dariro. In this paper, dariro is taken to refer to traditional theatre in which socialization, singing, instrument playing, incantations, dance and other artistic skills are enacted, especially during social or religious events. The data that furnishes this paper was collected from the Shona people using a qualitative... more

This paper examines Jia Zhangke's aesthetics of time and space based on Deleuze's cinema philosophy as a theoretical foundation. The paper's central thesis is that Jia Zhangke creates an aesthetic of space and time in film through the presentation of temporal images. Through an analysis of Jia Zhangke's The Good Man of Three Gorges, The... more