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A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE FUNCTIONS OF FILM AND THEATRE LANGUAGE UNITS
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The American Journal of Semiotics
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October 1, 2001
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Copyright informationCopyright Semiotic Society of America Fall 2001. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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1. Introduction
How film and theatre operate as complex sign-systems thematizes my analysis. For that aim, it is necessary to identify their basic units and the rules that govern their interaction. The investigation is based on the premise that both film and theatre tell stories, in other words, have a narrative in their deep structure. Film and theatre languages developed special devices that constitute the set of their basic units. By means of these devices, the deep level narrative is displayed on the surface level. The functions that these units perform are related to the basic elements of a story telling process. These elements are common to all aesthetic systems that possess narrative ...
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