Seminar in Rhetorical Theory:
Kenneth Burke and Mikhail Bakhtin
Course Filmography
Film (links are to Internet Movie Database.) Concept
2001: A Space Odyssey. Dir. Stanley Kubrick. MGM, 1968. DVD: Warner Home Video, 1999. Burke: human beings as symbol using animals
American Beauty. Dir. Sam Mendes. Dreamworks, 1999. DVD: Awards Edition. Dreamworks, 2000. Bakhtin: metamorphosis chronotope
Bowling for Columbine. Dir. Michael Moore. United Artists, 2002. DVD: MGM Special Edition, 2003. Bakhtin: speech genres
Citizen Kane. Dir. Orson Welles. RKO, 1941. DVD: Warner Bros., 2002. Bakhtin: biography chronotope
 Frida. Miramax, 2002. Dir. Julie Taymor. DVD: Miramax Home Entertainment, 2003.  unity of art and life.
   
   
   
 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Dir. Peter Jackson. New Line, 2001. DVD: Special Extended Edition, New Line, 2002.  Bakhtin: chivalric romance chronotope
 My Dinner with Andre. Dir. Louis Malle. New Yorker Films, 1981. DVD: Wellspring, 2001.  Bakhtin: utterance, dialogue.
 The Princess Bride. Dir. Rob Reiner. MGM, 1987. DVD: MGM, 2000.  Bakhtin: adventure time chronotope
   
 The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Dir. Jim Sharman. Twentieth Century Fox, 1975. DVD: 25th Anniversary Ed. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2000.  
 Roger and Me. Dir. Michael Moore. Warner Bros., 1989. DVD: Warner Bros., [2003]. Bakhtin: speech genres
   
 What Dreams May Come. Dir. Vincent Ward. Polygram, 1998. DVD: Polygram Video, 1999.  Bakhtin: "outsideness"