Title Sequences as Paratexts: Narrative Anticipation and Recapitulation

by Michael Betancourt

Book Overview

In his third book on the semiotics of title sequences, Title Sequences as Paratexts, theorist Michael Betancourt offers an analysis of the relationship between the title sequence and its primary text-the narrative whose production the titles credit. Using a wealth of examples drawn from across film history-ranging from White Zombie (1931), Citizen Kane (1940) and Bullitt (1968) to Prince of Darkness (1987), Mission:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367892375
• ISBN13: 9780367892371
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"