Narrative and genre : key concepts in media studies
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Narrative and genre : key concepts in media studies
Macmillan, 2000
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 256-263
Includes index
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Description
Narrative and Genre introduces students to these key concepts in media studies, complementing Image and Representation published in 1998. It covers the major narrative theorists including Todorov, Propp, Levi-Strauss, Barthes and applies their ideas via case examples ranging from The X Files to newspaper reporting. It then moves on to offer an extensive analysis of the basic schema and conventions of genre, drawing on the film noir, the TV cop genre and science fiction for examples, and showing how the repertoire of elements of each ranges across setting, character, narrative, iconography, style and stars. Fresh, down-to-earth and well-structured, this is an excellent text for all those in post-16 education, whether in school, college or university.
Table of Contents
Introduction.- Introduction to Narrative Theory.- A History of Narrative.- Theory of Narrative 2.- Theory of Genre 1.- Theory of Genre 2.- Appendix 1.- Appendix 2.
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