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| published: | Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2000 |
| Media Type: | Book, E-Book |
| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 174 pages); digital, PDF file(s) |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511613142 |
| ISBN: |
9780511613142
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| Language: | English |
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| Other Editions: | The cognitive semiotics of film |
| Collection: | Verbunddaten SWB |
In The Cognitive Semiotics of Film, Warren Buckland argues that the conflict between cognitive film theory and contemporary film theory is unproductive. Examining and developing the work of 'cognitive film semiotics', a neglected branch of film theory that combines the insights of cognitive science with those of linguistics and semiotics, he investigates Michel Colin's cognitive semantic theory of film; Francesco Casetti and Christian Metz's theories of film enunciation; Roger Odin's cognitive-pragmatic film theory; and Michel Colin and Dominique Chateau's cognitive studies of film syntax, which are viewed within the framework of Noam Chomsky's transformational generative grammar. Presenting a survey of cognitive film semiotics, this study also re-evaluates the film semiotics of the 1960s, highlights the weaknesses of American cognitive film theory, and challenges the move toward 'post-theory' in film studies |