英语电影赏析 最新版本

1、.The Definition of ThemeTypical Thematic ConcernsAuteur Theory StructuralismFeminism and Gender Studies.Introduction w. wFilm Theory provides an alternative set of critical approaches: Auteur Theory, Structuralism, Feminism and Gender Studies, Psychoanalysis and the Spectator, Politics and Ideology.

2、Typical Thematic Concerns wHere is an overview of some of the forms in which theme is expressed in Hollywood (and other English-language) films: Broad Human ConcernsLife Philosophies Religious and Ethical Concerns Historical Issues Nations and National Characteristics Social/Cultural/Technological C

3、hanges Social Problems .Typical Thematic Concerns wHere is an overview of some of the forms in which theme is expressed in Hollywood (and other English-language) films: 1. Broad Human ConcernsNature of love and beauty.Typical Thematic Concerns wHere is an overview of some of the forms in which theme

4、 is expressed in Hollywood (and other English-language) films: Broad Human ConcernsLife Philosophies Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what youre gonna get. .Typical Thematic Concerns wHere is an overview of some of the forms in which theme is expressed in Hollywood (and other Englis

5、h-language) films: Broad Human ConcernsLife Philosophies Religious and Ethical Concerns .Typical Thematic Concerns wHere is an overview of some of the forms in which theme is expressed in Hollywood (and other English-language) films: Broad Human ConcernsLife Philosophies Religious and Ethical Concer

6、ns Historical Issues .Broad Human ConcernsLife Philosophies Religious and Ethical Concerns Historical Issues Nations and National Characteristics Typical Thematic Concerns wHere is an overview of some of the forms in which theme is expressed in Hollywood (and other English-language) films: .Typical

7、Thematic Concerns wHere is an overview of some of the forms in which theme is expressed in Hollywood (and other English-language) films: Broad Human ConcernsLife Philosophies Religious and Ethical Concerns Historical Issues Nations and National Characteristics Social/Cultural/Technological Changes .

8、Typical Thematic Concerns wHere is an overview of some of the forms in which theme is expressed in Hollywood (and other English-language) films: Broad Human ConcernsLife Philosophies Religious and Ethical Concerns Historical Issues Nations and National Characteristics Social/Cultural/Technological C

9、hanges Social Problems .Auteur TheorywOrigin: The concept of the auteur (the French word for author) came from a group of young French critics who writing for the influential magazine, Cahiers du Cinma (电影手册). 1. A tendency in French cinema of 1950s: to give too much value to dialogue and psychologi

10、cal realism2. Another approach in Hollywood: to give directors a degree of artistic freedom and control that allowed them to make their own personal marks on their films, thus raising cinema to the level of an art form. .wDefinition: The auteur was a person who was able to stamp his own identity on

11、a film in spite of the commercial restraints of the studio system. wAn auteur was contrasted to the metteur en scne (匠人),who treated film directing as a job rather than an art form. wAn auteur make his film an art form through its visual style. Usually the signature of an auteur could be seen most c

12、learly through his distinctive personal style, his distinctive themes or narrative structure.Auteur Theory.Auteur TheorywSignificance: Auteur theory remains a useful concept when it comes to analyzing films. wIt allows the critic to gather together separate works into definite groupings that can be

13、analyzed on the basis of their distinctive stylistic and thematic features. wIt also helps to draw attention to the work of some most creative figures working in the film industry.wTim Burton is without doubt one of the most interesting and creative young American directors who could be accorded aut

14、eur status.Auteur Theory.Feminism and Gender StudieswFeminism is a broad poetical and intellectual movement that seeks to analyze (social, political, or economic) inequalities between men and women and to take action against them.wFeminist approaches to the study of cinema have focused on a wide var

15、iety of topics: wgender discriminationwthe representation of women as characterswthe concept of the “male gaze”wthe idea of a “female cinema”Feminism and Gender Studies.ExerciseExplain the critical approach “Auteur Theory”. wIn film criticism, auteur theory holds that a directors film reflects the directors personal creative vision, as if they were the primary auteur (the French word for author). wAn auteur makes his film an art form through its visual style