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FILM THEORY IN MEDIA HISTORY

CHRISTIAN METZ AND THE CODES OF CINEMA

FILM SEMIOLOGY AND BEYOND

EDITED BY MARGRIT TRÖHLER AND GUIDO KIRSTEN

FILM THEORY IN MEDIA HISTORY

I S B N 978-90-896-4892-1

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CHRISTIAN

METZ AN

D TH

E COD

ES OF CIN

EMA

EDITED

BY MARGRIT TRÖ

HLER

AND

GUID

O KIR

STENA pioneering fi gure in fi lm studies, Christian

Metz proposed countless new concepts for

refl ecting on cinema from the 1960s to the

1980s. Rooted in a phenomenological struc-

turalism, he worked out a fi lm semiology

which he then confronted with psycho-

analysis and later with enunciation theory.

He also played a key role in establishing fi lm

studies as a scholarly discipline, making

major contributions to its institutionaliza-

tion in universities worldwide. This book

brings together a stellar roster of contribu-

tors to present a close analysis of Metz’s

writings, their theoretical and epistemologi-

cal positions, and their ongoing infl uence

today.

MARGRIT TRÖHLER is a professor in

the Department of Film Studies at the

University of Zurich.

GUIDO KIRSTEN is a postdoctoral re-

searcher in the Department of Media

Studies at Stockholm University.

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