Concepts in Film Theory Construction (mainly through Eisenstein) Representation (through Bazin and Kracauer) Narrative (through semiotic theory) Gaze (through Zizek) Sexuality (gender, body; Laura Mulvey/ Richard Dyer) Suggested Readings J. Dudley Andrew, 1976. Major Film Theories: An Introduction, Robert Lapsley & Michael Westlake, 1988. Film Theory: An Introduction, Philip Rosen (ed), , 1986. Robert Stam, 1992. New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics, Rick Altman, 2008. A Theory of Narrative, Richard Taylor, 1998. The Eisenstein Reader, Jay Leyda (ed), 1977. Eisenstein - Film Form: Essays in Film Theory, Jay Leyda (ed), 1977. Eisenstein - The Film Sense, Peter Wollen, in 1972. Signs and Meaning in the Cinema, ‘Eisenstein’s Aesthetics’, Andre Bazin, Vol I & Vol II , 1969 & 1972. What is Cinema, Bert Cardullo (ed), Bazin At Work: Major Essays & Reviews From the Forties and 1996. Fifties, Daniel Morgan, Bazin: Ontology and Realist Critical Inquiry 32, ‘Rethinking Aesthetics’, Spring 2006. Siegfried Kracauer, 1960. Theory of Film: The Redemption of Physical Reality, Gertrud Koch, 2000. Siegfried Kracauer: An Introduction, or Language in Film Language: A Semiotics Christian Metz. ‘Cinema: Language System’ 1974. of the Cinema, and System: Terms of an Analysis (on 15/1, Touch of Evil)’, Screen Stephen Heath, ‘Film 1975. Selections from Raymond Bellour, 2001. The Analysis of Film, J. Dudley Andrew, in 1984. Concepts in Film Theory, ‘Narrative Structure’, Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell, and Narrative in the Films of ‘Space Ozu’, 17/2, 1976. Screen
Concepts in Film Theory Construction (mainly through Eisenstein) Representation (through Bazin and Kracauer) Narrative (through semiotic theory) Gaze (through Zizek) Sexuality (gender, body; Laura Mulvey/ Richard Dyer) Suggested Readings J. Dudley Andrew, Major Film Theories: An Introduction, 1976. Robert Lapsley & Michael Westlake, Film Theory: An Introduction, 1988. Philip Rosen (ed), , 1986. Robert Stam, New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics, 1992. Rick Altman, A Theory of Narrative, 2008. Richard Taylor, The Eisenstein Reader, 1998. Jay Leyda (ed), Eisenstein - Film Form: Essays in Film Theory, 1977. Jay Leyda (ed), Eisenstein - The Film Sense, 1977. Peter Wollen, ‘Eisenstein’s Aesthetics’, in Signs and Meaning in the Cinema, 1972. Andre Bazin, What is Cinema, Vol I & Vol II , 1969 & 1972. Bert Cardullo (ed), Bazin At Work: Major Essays & Reviews From the Forties and Fifties, 1996. Daniel Morgan, ‘Rethinking Bazin: Ontology and Realist Aesthetics’, Critical Inquiry 32, Spring 2006. Siegfried Kracauer, Theory of Film: The Redemption of Physical Reality, 1960. Gertrud Koch, Siegfried Kracauer: An Introduction, 2000. Christian Metz. ‘Cinema: Language or Language System’ in Film Language: A Semiotics of the Cinema, 1974. Stephen Heath, ‘Film and System: Terms of an Analysis (on Touch of Evil)’, Screen 15/1, 1975. Selections from Raymond Bellour, The Analysis of Film, 2001. J. Dudley Andrew, ‘Narrative Structure’, in Concepts in Film Theory, 1984. Kristin Thompson and David Bordwell, ‘Space and Narrative in the Films of Ozu’, Screen 17/2, 1976.
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