Description: Impersonal Enunciation, or the Place of Film, Hardcover by Metz, Christian; Deane, Cormac (TRN); Polan, Dana (AFT), ISBN 0231173660, ISBN-13 9780231173667, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Christian Metz is best known for applying Saussurean theories of semiology to film analysis. In the 1970s, he used Sigmund Freuds psychology and Jacques Lacans mirror theory to explain the popularity of cinema. In this final book, Metz uses the concept of enunciation to articulate how films "speak" and explore where this communication occurs, offering critical direction for theorists who struggle with the phenomena of new media.
If a film frame contains another frame, which frame do we emphasize? And should we consider this staging an impersonal act of enunciation? Consulting a range of genres and national trends, Metz builds a novel theory around the placement and subjectivity of screens within screens, which pulls in—and forces him to reassess—his work on authorship, film language, and the position of the spectator. Metz again takes up the linguistic and theoretical work of Benveniste, Genette, Casetti, and Bordwell, drawing surprising conclusions that presage current writings on media. Metzs analysis enriches work on cybernetic emergence, self-assembly, self-reference, hypertext, and texts that self-produce in such a way that the human element disappears. A critical introduction by Cormac Deane bolsters the connection between Metzs findings and nascent -media theory, emphasizing Metzs keen awareness of the methodological and philosophical concerns we wrestle with today.
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Book Title: Impersonal Enunciation, or the Place of Film
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Impersonal Enunciation, or the Place of Film
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Subject: Rhetoric, Linguistics / Psycholinguistics, Film / History & Criticism, Film & Video
Item Height: 0.1 in
Publication Year: 2016
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17 Oz
Item Length: 0.9 in
Subject Area: Art, Performing Arts, Language Arts & Disciplines
Author: Christian Metz
Series: Film and Culture Ser.
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Hardcover
