Film Theory Literature Guide (Film Supplement)

Author: Wu Xiaoli
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Publish Date: 2005-08-22
Features: The selection principle of this book is a combination of completeness and classicism, emphasizing both traditional and modern theories, with unified content attribution in chronological continuity. The book is divided into two parts: Film and Television. Each original text is preceded by a "Preface." Most of the prefaces are written by college professors and key teaching staff. The basic content includes a brief introduction to the author's life, academic background, status and major contributions in the field of theory, as well as the main theoretical perspectives and influence of the selected texts, for reference by readers. The film part of the book is divided into a traditional film theory section and a modern film theory section. In the selection, equal importance is given to traditional and modern film theories. This is because traditional film theory holds recognized "classicism" that has been tested over time, its developmental process can reveal the "historical" aspect of contemporary world film theory, and it contains more theories of film ontology. In the modern film theory section, the selected texts are mostly "screen theories" closely related to the characteristics of the film medium and film language, such as semiotics, psychoanalysis, ideological criticism, feminist criticism, and narratology. On the other hand, the broader "cultural studies" theories, which have a wider scope of research objects, are more frequently addressed in the television part of the book.