An Introduction to Film Criticism

Basic Information

Title

An Introduction to Film Criticism

Subtitle

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Parallel Title

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Country

국외

Production Date

1989-**-**

Language

영어

Size (mm)

161 x 233

Pages

238쪽

ISBN/ISSN

0582286069

Edition

1st edition

Master Files

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Producer

Tim Bywater, Thomas Sobchack (저자), Longman (발행처)

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Contents

Contents

Introduction = xi PART Ⅰ. Textual Approaches: Description and Analysis of Individual Films = 1 CHAPTER 1. The Journalistic Approach: Film Reviews for the Mass Audience = 3 Working Journalists = 4 Critics and Reviewers = 5 History of Film Reviewing in the Popular Press = 5 Stylish Reviewers: The Emergence of Journalistic Criticism = 8 The Reviewer as Critic = 11 Television Film Reviewing = 17 The Journalistic Approach in Fan Magazines, Buff Biographies, and Coffee Table Books = 19 Current Reviews as Examples of the Journalistic Approach = 20 The Ingredients of a Good Review = 21 Summary = 22 Guidelines for Writing Journalistic Film Criticism = 22 CHAPTER 2. The Humanist Approach: Traditional Aesthetic Responses to the Movies = 24 History of Film Writing for Cultured Audiences = 28 Communicating Reflections about Films Already Viewed = 31 Moral and Philosophical Values = 33 Literary Values—the Search for Themes and Characters = 39 Aesthetic Preoccupations = 40 The Pleasures of Intuitive Interpretation: The Personal Essay = 42 The Student as Humanist Film Critic = 45 Guidelines for Writing Humanist Film Criticism = 46 PART Ⅱ. Textual／Contextual Approaches: Analysis of Individual Films in Relation to Groups of Films = 49 CHAPTER 3. The Auteurist Approach: Analysis of Filmmakers and Their Films = 51 History of the Auteur Concept = 55 The Place of Interviews and the Cult of Personality in Auteur Criticism = 58 Three Personal Visions = 59 Biographical Material and Autobiographical Material = 66 The Auteur Theory in Practice = 68 The Question of Art and the Artist = 77 Guidelines for Writing Auteurist Film Criticism = 78 CHAPTER 4. The Genre Approach: Analysis of Formula Films = 80 History of Genre Criticism = 82 Genre Rescued: Robert Warshow's Approach = 85 Genre Criticism and the Popular Culture Movement = 88 Contemporary Genre Criticism: Goals and Methods = 89 Structural Approaches to Genre = 91 A More Interdisciplinary Approach to Genre = 93 The Western Genre as Social Myth = 95 Aesthetic Evaluation of Film Genres = 97 Genre Criticism as Social Reflection = 99 Genre as Paradigm of the Hollywood System = 102 Summary = 105 Guidelines for Writing Genre Film Criticism = 105 PART Ⅲ. Contextual Approaches: Examining Relations Between Films and the World Outside the Frame = 107 CHAPTER 5. The Social Science Approach: Films as Social Artifacts = 109 Overview of Social Science Analyses of Film = 111 Social Science Perspectives = 113 The Effects of Film on Viewer Behavior and Attitude = 115 Post-TV-Era Studies of the Film's Effect on Viewers = 118 Film as a Reflection of Psychic and Cultural Identity = 121 Film as Myth = 127 The Production, Distribution, and Exhibition of Film as a Social Structure = 129 Summary = 135 Guidelines for Writing Social Science Film Criticism = 135 CHAPTER 6. The Historical Approach: Viewing the Past = 138 History of Historical Studies = 140 The Credibility of Film History: A Problem of Accuracy = 141 Various Functions of Historical Material = 144 Aesthetic Historical Film Criticism = 145 Film History and the Impact of Technology = 151 Economic and Sociological Perspectives on Film History = 152 Problems Involved in Contemporary Film History = 156 The Film Student and Film History = 158 Guidelines for Writing Historical Film Criticism = 159 CHAPTER 7. The Ideological／Theoretical Approach: Using Basic Principles to Uncover Deeper Meanings = 162 The Function of Theory = 163 The Historical Perspective of Theoretical Discussion = 165 Formalist Discussions = 165 Realist Assumptions = 168 Modernist Critical Strategies = 171 Semiological Practices = 172 Structural Practices = 176 Marxist Practices = 178 Feminist Practices = 183 Neo-Freudian Practices = 185 Theoretical Approaches and Practical Criticism = 191 Guidelines for Writing Ideological／Theoretical Film Criticism = 192 Appendix: Sample Student Papers = 194 Journalistic Approach: Three Reviews = 194 Humanist Approach: American Pie vs. Pumpernickel Rye = 194 Auteur Approach: Joseph von Sternberg = 198 Genre Approach: The Comic Book Hero—A New Subgenre = 200 Social Sciences Approach: Movie Musicals and Their Effect on Audiences = 203 Historical Approach: The Political Implications of The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Curtiz, 1938) = 205 Theoretical Approach: Speculations on the Phenomenon of Audience Positioning = 208 Chronology of Film Reviewing, Criticism, and Theory = 210 Works Cited and Selected Bibliography = 216 Film Terms = 222 Index = 235

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