Linguistic film theory

Linguistic film theory[1] is a form of film theory that studies the aesthetics of film by investigating the concepts and practices that comprise the experience and interpretation of movies.

Overview

Linguistic film theory was proposed by Stanley Cavell[1] and it is based on the philosophical tradition begun by late Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Critics from this tradition often clarify misconceptions used in theoretical film studies[2][3] and instead produce analysis of a film's vocabulary and its link to a form of life.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 The Dualist Vols. 1–6, Department of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1994, p. 56.
  2. ↑ David Bordwell; Noël Carroll, eds. (1996). Post-Theory: Reconstructing Film Studies. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 109.
  3. ↑ Annette Kuhn and Guy Westwell (2012). "Post-theory" in A Dictionary of Film Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Bibliography

  • Richard Allen, "Cognitive Film Theory," in Wittgenstein, Theory and the Arts, Routledge, 2001, ISBN 0-415-22875-1 ISBN 978-0415228756
  • Stanley Cavell, The World Viewed: Reflections on the Ontology of Film (1971); 2nd enlarged edition. (1979) ISBN 0-674-96196-X ISBN 978-0674961968
  • Stephen Mulhall, On Film, London/New York: Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0-415-24795-0 ISBN 9780415247955
  • Rupert Read and Jerry Goodenough (eds.), Film as Philosophy: Essays on Cinema After Wittgenstein and Cavell, Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. ISBN 140394900X ISBN 978-1-4039-4900-4
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