preface 1
1． Why We Study Film in English Language Arts? 1
2． Why We Need to See Films and Read This Book? 3
3． Languages and Cultures Reflected from Film 4
4． The Important Impact of Films on Daily Life 6
5． Differences Between a Book and a Film 6
6． Words for Instructors 7
Chapter One Popular Culture and Film History 16
1． Film and Popular Culture 16
2． History of Motion Picture 19
3． Producing a Motion Picture 25
4． Film Distribution 26
Chapter Two International Festivals and Film Studios 28
1． International Film Festivals 28
2． International Film Companies 33
3． Western Festival Markets and Western Discourse Effect 36
Chapter Three Film Criteria and Cultural Values 38
1． No Scientific Measurer 38
2． Individualism and Different Cultural Psychology 41
3． Moral Values and Cultural Psychology in China 44
4． Film Characters Forming under the Chinese Context 48
5． Edward Said and Orientalism 51
Chapter Four Classification and Vocabulary of Films 56
1． Classification in Britain 56
2． Classification in USA 58
3． Classification in Australia 60
4． Question: Emphasis on Sex Versus Violence 63
5． Vocabulary of Film 64
Chapter Five Film Genres and Artistic Feature 77
1． Genre and Methodology to Classify 77
2． Analysis Examples of Selected Main Genres 79
Chapter Six The Literary Movements and Impact to Films:From Classicism to Modernism 115
1． Romanticism Movement 115
2． Realism Movement 116
3． Modernism to Post-modernism 118
Chapter Seven Literary Critical Approaches to Film 129
1． Cultural Criticism (Cultural Studies) 130
2． Post-colonial Criticism 135
3． Structuralism and Semiotics Criticism 141
4． Historical and New-historicism Criticism 146
5． Formalism Criticism and New Criticism 152
6． Sociological Criticism and Marxist Criticism 157
7． Gender Studies (Feminist Criticism) 163
8． Psychological Criticism 172
9． Mythological Criticism (Archetypal Criticism) 178
10． Reader-response Criticism 182
11． Deconstructionist Criticism (Poststructuralist, Post-modernism) 186
12． Biographical Criticism 194
13． Ecocriticism(Ecological Criticism) 200
Reference 209