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Spaces of Communication: Elements of Semio-Pragmatics (Film Theory in Media History)
Author(s): Roger Odin (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: December 22, 2021
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 176 pages
- ISBN-10: 9462987149
- ISBN-13: 9789462987142
Book Description
Spaces of Communication offers a concise introduction to semiopragmatics and condenses the intellectual trajectory of one of the foundational figures of film studies into a relatively short and accessible volume. It testifies to the author’s deep and rich intellectual engagement with a vast array of objects ranging from the classics of the cinephile canon to television news programs, home movies and mobile phone films.
Editorial Reviews
Review
– Alexandra Schneider, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
"With scientific rigor and academic generosity, Roger Odin discloses the analytical machine that underpins his semio-pragmatic approach. Readers not only enjoy a wide breadth of examples, but also witness the trial-and-error approach that ensured the success of semio-pragmatics. At once a methodological synthesis and a balance of intellectual achievement, this book promotes an integral method for analyzing film as a communicative apparatus."
– Francesco Casetti, Yale University
About the Author
Roger Odin is emeritus professor of Communication at Paris 3 University; Head of the Film and Audiovisual Institute (1983-2003); Theorist of the semio-pragmatic approach (De la fiction, 2000; Les Espaces de Communication, 2011).
