1st Edition

New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics Structuralism, post-structuralism and beyond

Edited By Robert Stam Copyright 1992
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1992. New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics provides a comprehensive lexicon of semiotic concepts. With sections on linguistics, narratology, psychoanalysis and intertextuality, it constructs an indispensable dictionary for film theory, defining over five hundred critical terms. The authors address key aspects of contemporary semiotics and cultural debate, while referring to the... Read more
Notes on the contributors, Preface, Part I The Origins of Semiotics, Part II Cine-semiology, Part III Film-narratology, Part IV Psychoanalysis, Part V From realism to intertextuality, Bibliography, Index of terms

Biography

Robert Stam is Professor of Cinema Studies at New York University. Robert Burgoyne is Associate Professor of English at Wayne State University. Sandy Flitterman-Lewis is Associate Professor of English and Cinema Studies at Rutgers University.