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1、SocietyforCinema&MediaStudiesASemantic/SyntacticApproachtoFilmGenreAuthor(s):RickAltmanSource:CinemaJournal,Vol.23,No.3(Spring,1984),pp.6-18Publishedby:UniversityofTexasPressonbehalfoftheSocietyforCinema&MediaStudiesStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/1225093.Accessed:26/08/201322:59You
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4、gThiscontentdownloadedfrom137.189.170.231onMon,26Aug201322:59:52PMAllusesubjecttoJSTORTermsandConditionsASemantic/SyntacticApproachToFilmGenrebyRickAltmanWhatisagenre?Whichfilmsaregenrefilms?Howdoweknowtowhichgenretheybelong?Asfundamentalasthesequestionsmayseem,theyarealmostneverasked-let
5、aloneanswered-inthefieldofcinemastudies.MostcomfortableintheseeminglyuncomplicatedworldofHollywoodclassics,genrecriticshavefeltlittleneedtoreflectopenlyontheassumptionsunderly-ingtheirwork.Everythingseemssoclear.Whybothertotheorize,Americanpragmatismasks,whentherearenoproblemstosolve?Weal
6、lknowagenrewhenweseeone.Scratchonlywhereititches.Accordingtothisview,genretheorywouldbecalledforonlyintheunlikelyeventthatknowledgeablegenrecriticsdisagreedonbasicissues.Thetaskofthetheorististhentoadjudicateamongconflictingapproaches,notsomuchbydismissingunsatisfactorypositions,butbycons
7、tructingamodelwhichrevealstherelationshipbetweendifferingcriticalclaimsandtheirfunctionwithinabroaderculturalcontext.WhereastheFrenchclearlyviewtheoryasafirstprinciple,weAmericanstendtoseeitasalastresort,somethingtoturntowhenallelsefails.Eveninthislimited,pragmaticv
