试析麦茨的电影语言系统

An Analysis of the Language System of Christian Metz's Films

本文站在电影语言系统建设的立场上分析了麦茨在20世纪60年代和70年代两次提出的电影语言系统理论,通过对麦茨理论系统的分析和梳理,认为麦茨在60年代提出的有关电影中非顺序时间的概念和70年代提出的有关电影修辞的概念对电影语言系统的建设有着重要的意义。同时,论文也指出了麦茨理论的不足,认为完全依托于语言学和符号学的电影语言系统理论不能完美阐释电影语言的所有现象,电影语言系统理论有待于从自身特点出发重新建构。

The present article analyzes the two theories on the film language system presented by Metz in the 1960s and 1970s. By analyzing Metz＇s theoretical system, the article believes that Metz＇s definition of inchronological time of the 1960 and his definition of film rhetoric of the 1970s are of importance to construct the film language system. Meanwhile, the article also points out the shortcomings in Metz＇s theory and believes that the film language system theory that completely depends on linguistics and semiotics can not perfectly interpret all the phenomena in the film language and it is still to be constructed from its own characteristics.