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Tag: film theory

Podcast: Discussing Chaplin with Aaron Strand of “Behind the Slate.”

A discussion of Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times and The Great Dictator, as well as Chaplin’s use of sound, his central … More

Charles Dickens, Charlie Chaplin, film theory, Modern Times, silent film, The Great Dictator

The Art of Early Cinema: Seeing and Storytelling

Registration is now closed. A Newberry Library Adult Education Seminar. This seminar offers a lively overview of cinema styles from … More

film theory, silent film

Appreciating Form in Books and Movies

A Newberry Library Adult Education Seminar This seminar offers a lively survey of some of the artistic techniques, styles, innovations, … More

film, film theory, form, literary criticism, literary theory

Essentials of Literary and Film Theory

A Newberry Library Adult Education Seminar This seminar, scheduled for the winter/spring 2020 term, is now concluded. This seminar offers … More

film, film theory, literary criticism, literary theory

Showing and Telling

You can hold a mimetic theory of the novel if you believe the narrational methods of fiction to resemble those … More

David Bordwell, diegetic, film theory, mimetic, narration, novel, painting

Earliest Tweets

Since I’ve removed the “Of Tweets” menu tab, I’ve included below some of my earliest tweets and their sources. Unlike … More

Edward Branigan, film theory, Jacques Derrida, Jesper Svenbro, literary theory, narration, unconscious

 

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