Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars

Period of Performance

9/1/1977 - 5/31/1978

Funding Totals

$15,000.00 (approved)
$15,000.00 (awarded)


A Semiotically-Based Theory of Film as a Approach to the Work of Lina Wertmuller

FAIN: FB-13238-77

Joan G. Magretta
Transylvania University (Lexington, KY 40508-1776)

To use the approaches derived from modern linguistic theory to examine film as a language which has its own syntax and structure, and to consider how film generates meaning. PI will test out various theoretical proposals in a series of essays focusing on the films of Lina Wertmuller.