TY - JOUR
AU - TAYLOR, ROGBE L.
AB - 8o BOOK REVIEWS orientation of the act or thing which it con- ensure that any scholar who wishes to ex- trols (the artistic work). The Theoretical plore Mukafovsky's aesthetic theory and deprives the signs it uses of any initiative, analysis further at least has the essential key rendering them (like matn^mariral symbols) to start his journey. as fixed terms or indicators, whereas the Perhaps Mukafovsky did not 'know how Symbolic sign is itself the initiative. These to find' die advantages belonging to die pairs of functions, says Mukarovsky, 'are disadvantages with which he was afflicted, linVifl precisely by their antithetical nature.' according to his paraphrase of the proverb. What seems certain is that his editors and The author is at his best and most original when he is discussing these most general Yale University Press have made an impor- aspects of aesthetic theory, or, as in the essay tant collection of die Czech's writings on Chaplin, 'An Attempt at a Structural available to die English-speaking world at a Analysis of a Dramatic Figure' (1931) or time when diat world is more ready to Tim e in Film' (1966), exploring particular appreciate and benefit from diem dian when art forms 
TI - BOOK REVIEWS
JF - The British Journal of Aesthetics
DO - 10.1093/bjaesthetics/19.4.380
DA - 1979-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/book-reviews-d5E6sBHUkq
SP - 380
EP - 382
VL - 19
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -