This is the second [and last] call for papers for an panel on TEACHING FILM THEORY IN THE AGE OF MTV to be held at the December 1996 MLA convention in Washington D.C. BACKGROUND: Standard approaches to film theory take off from and are thus predicated on the principle of continuity editing as the lingua franca of film syntax and as the basis for patterns of audience identification. In a sense continuity editing has become the touchstone of [almost] all film theory, even [or especially] for those theories [Mulvey's for example] that want to undermine it. But today, under the influence of many factors--perhaps most obviously the kind of editing associated with MTV, in which continuity plays a much smaller [if any] role--continuity editing has stoppped being the default model for cinematic language against which specific films could be measured. This panel will consider the implications of this change in Hollywood's practice for the ways in which we talk about the principles or theories of cinematic editing and cinematic meaning. Proposals for papers, approaching this question from any angle, and responding to it from any point of view, are invited. Proposals--not complete papers--should be one to two pages in length, and are due by the end of November. Send proposals to: Mike Frank/English Department/Bentley College/Waltham, MA 02154, or, via E-Mail, to [log in to unmask] For further information call 617.891.2948 [afternoons are best.] ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]