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How about Charles Eckert's article on _Marked Woman_ ("The Anatomy of a
Proletarian Film"), anthologized in Bill Nichols' _Movies and Methods_
vol. ii. It offers a very readable, lucid structuralist analysis of the
Bette Davis film.
Tracy Cox-Stanton
Kalamazoo College
Stephen Tropiano wrote:
>To those who can relate:
>I am making an effort to "retool" my undergraduate film theory course this
>semester. I am once again using Braudy & Cohen's FILM THEORY & CRITICISM
>(though I am planning to move on to another text in the fall because I
>have finally faced the fact that it is not an appropriate undergraduate
>text for my students).
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>My question is this: I would like to devote a class to semiotics and
>structuralism prior to discussing genre and would appreciate your
>recommendations. Ideally, I would like to screen a film and have my
>students read semiotic/structuralist analysis of the text, but one that
>they will actually be able to understand. I have found examples for
>television--but few for film.
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>I know this sounds like a very basic request, but I have decided to get
>back to the "basics" for my undergraduate theory class. I would also
>appreciate other films that you feel have worked in regards to genre, film
>narrative, ideology, and feminism.
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>Yours in the struggle,
>Stephen Tropiano
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>Stephen Tropiano
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