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Continuity and independence in the treatment of the ancient Philoctetes story give the text of Heiner Müller's Philoctetes - with its perfect interlacing of Sophoclean Neoptolemos and Euripidian Ulysses - an important place in the story of the reception of these fifth century tragedies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study explores how continuity is essential to the processes of social discourse and specifically focuses on its application as a communication strategy used by writers for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on the Comedy Central television network. The concept of continuity is central to making individual experiences meaningful through social discourse. Broadcast journalists contribute to social discourse by using words, sounds, and images to represent stories about events that happened to other people, at other times, and in other places. As young people watch late night comedy shows such as The Daily Show for information about news and politics, they must recognize the meanings of signs that refer to past events and people from remote locations. This essay demonstrates how The Daily Show writers effectively inform an audience that lacks historical perspective about public affairs and politics and is primarily interested in being entertained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Explains the influence of social conditions on scenes presented on films. Technical aspects of establishing a character or social image in motion pictures; Information on continuity editing; Observation of philosopher Augusto Ponzio on the importance of spectatorial function of a film; Comment on the representation of feminist sexual politics in the film "Meeting of Two Queens."