I haven't taught our undergrad/grad course in film theory & criticism for a few years, so as I begin to order books for next semester, I'm surprised to see a relative dearth of introductory texts in film theory by American authors. There are stand-bys like the Braudy/Cohen anthology and some classic works like Dudley Andrews' books that are still in print and, of course, many books on particular issues and subjects. Otherwise, though, it seems that most of the introductory theory texts of the last 5-6 years have been coming out of the UK. Many of these are pretty good, but I think that our students are likely to have some difficulty in relating to them. The lack of texts seems especially surprising in relation to the relative plethora of literary theory texts and anthologies. Does anyone have an angle on this issue or some other specific suggestions for texts geared toward students who may have had no more than an introductory film course? Don Larsson ___________________________ "Nothing is ever the same as they said it was. It's what I've never seen before that I recognize." --Diane Arbus Donald F. Larsson Department of English Armstrong Hall 230 Minnesota State University Mankato, MN 56001 mailto:[log in to unmask] Office Phone: 507-389-2368 ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu