Thought this CFP might be of interest to Screen-Lers. Dave Blakesley ****************************CALL FOR PAPERS************************ _The Terministic Screen: Rhetorical Perspectives on Film and Film Theory_ The moving image has the power to instill belief, to move people to act, physically or incipiently, and thus to react to, create, imagine or re-imagine their worlds. The interanimation of word-image on film appeals to the natural impulse for people to identify with each other or with fictional characters: to cajole, inveigh against, rally, mislead, frighten, teach, enlist, delight, persuade, transform, subject the Other(s) or the self in the partisan interest of living a good life. And thus, film shares many functions with rhetoric, *as* a form of rhetoric. The proposed volume, _The Terministic Screen: Rhetorical Perspectives on Film and Film Theory_, will collect essays devoted to reading films rhetorically--as media that dramatize or interrogate the ways people use language and images to tell stories and foster identification--and to theorizing cinematic interpretation. Specific topics/films are open, but here are some suggestions: Rhetorical/technical dynamics of narrative/narration/narrators Viewing and visual representation as forms of literacy Projection/construction/invocation of character (e.g., ethos, subjectivity, etc.) The rhetoric of spectatorship and identification Representations of literacy, oratory, persuasion, and/or writing in specific films Visual rhetorics (e.g., the "rhetoric" of cinematography) The interanimation of sound/word/image Rhetorical and ideological appeals in film Rhetorical approaches to/in film theory and criticism The rhetoric of particular genres Proposals (250-500 words) should be sent by June 15, 1997 to Dr. David Blakesley, Dept. of English, Southern Illinois University--Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, 62901-4503. Final essays will need to be 15-25 (double-spaced) pages, but prospective authors are encouraged to inquire before submitting complete essays. Advance queries by e-mail to [log in to unmask] or phone (618/453-6830) are welcome. Proposals (preferably following MLA guidelines) may be sent electronically. ************************CALL FOR PAPERS************************* ************************************************************************ David Blakesley Department of English Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Rhetoric and Composition Carbondale, IL 62901-4503 [log in to unmask] 618/453-6830 ************************************************************************ ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]