Film Rhetoric (Mirror and Discourse)

Author: Li Xianjie
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This book is academically cutting-edge, has practical significance, and theoretical value. The study of narrative in electronic media such as film, television, and radio has received increasing attention and research, influenced by Western structuralism and Russian formalist aesthetics and literary theory. Meanwhile, rhetorical studies have emerged in the field of electronic media research. This work focuses on key issues in the rhetoric of cinematic imagery—specifically, rhetorical tropes of cinematic imagery. The rhetorical tropes of cinematic imagery are an important topic that has rarely been systematically and comprehensively studied. This book provides a relatively complete, systematic, in-depth, specific, and detailed exploration of the subject. It not only theoretically organizes and elaborates on the rhetorical tropes of cinematic imagery but also emphasizes their basic forms and functional characteristics, proposing and analyzing thirteen types of cinematic rhetorical tropes. The paper is divided into three parts—upper, middle, and lower—forming a coherent structure with both unity and division. It is comprehensive in historical, theoretical, and practical aspects and is accompanied by a large number of film image illustrations. This not only makes the text (rich in text and images) but also aligns with the essence of the films discussed as reflections, images, and visual culture, as well as the characteristics of a visual-reading era. These aspects reflect the author's sharp, innovative, thoughtful, and meticulous thinking, as well as clear, vivid, serious, and conscientious expression.