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The Terministic Screen: Rhetorical Perspectives on Film
David Blakesley
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Description for The Terministic Screen: Rhetorical Perspectives on Film
Paperback. Examines the importance of rhetoric in the study of film and film theory. Taking on such issues as Hollywood blacklisting, fascistic aesthetics, and postmodern dialogics, this work presents fifteen critical essays that examine rhetoric's role in such films as "The Fifth Element", "The Last Temptation of Christ", and "A Time to Kill". Num Pages: 328 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; CFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
The Terministic Screen: Rhetorical Perspectives on Film examines the importance of rhetoric in the study of film and film theory. Rhetorical approaches to film studies have been widely practiced, but rarely discussed until now. Taking on such issues as Hollywood blacklisting, fascistic aesthetics, and postmodern dialogics, editor David Blakesley presents fifteen critical essays that examine rhetoric's role in such popular films as ""The Fifth Element"", ""The Last Temptation of Christ"", ""The Usual Suspects"", ""Deliverance"", ""The English Patient"", ""Pulp Fiction"", ""The Music Man"", ""Copycat"", ""Hoop Dreams"", and ""A Time to Kill"". Aided by sixteen illustrations, these insightful essays consider films rhetorically, ... Read more
The Terministic Screen: Rhetorical Perspectives on Film examines the importance of rhetoric in the study of film and film theory. Rhetorical approaches to film studies have been widely practiced, but rarely discussed until now. Taking on such issues as Hollywood blacklisting, fascistic aesthetics, and postmodern dialogics, editor David Blakesley presents fifteen critical essays that examine rhetoric's role in such popular films as ""The Fifth Element"", ""The Last Temptation of Christ"", ""The Usual Suspects"", ""Deliverance"", ""The English Patient"", ""Pulp Fiction"", ""The Music Man"", ""Copycat"", ""Hoop Dreams"", and ""A Time to Kill"". Aided by sixteen illustrations, these insightful essays consider films rhetorically, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809328291
SKU
V9780809328291
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About David Blakesley
David Blakesley is a professor of English and director of professional writing at Purdue University. He is the author of The Elements of Dramatism and The Thomson Handbook (with Jeffrey L. Hoogeveen), and the editor (with Julie Whitaker) of Kenneth Burke's Late Poems, 1968-1993. He has also written about film and visual rhetoric for Enculturation, Kairos, and Defining Visual Rhetorics ... Read more
Reviews for The Terministic Screen: Rhetorical Perspectives on Film
The Terministic Screen: Rhetorical Perspectives on Film offers readers who have interests or specialities in rhetorical analysis a point of entry into contemporary cinema as it frames issues of style, representation, history, and culture. Although the literature on cinema is vast, relatively few books have adopted an explicitly rhetorical emphasis. Thus, this volume fills a long-neglected gap in the scholarly ... Read more