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Complex TV: The Poetics of Contemporary Television Storytelling - Couverture souple

Mittell, Jason

 
9780814769607: Complex TV: The Poetics of Contemporary Television Storytelling
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0814769608 ISBN 13 : 9780814769607
Editeur : New York University Press, 2015

Synopsis

A comprehensive and sustained analysis of the development of storytelling for television

Over the past two decades, new technologies, changing viewer practices, and the proliferation of genres and channels has transformed American television. One of the most notable impacts of these shifts is the emergence of highly complex and elaborate forms of serial narrative, resulting in a robust period of formal experimentation and risky programming rarely seen in a medium that is typically viewed as formulaic and convention bound.

Complex TV offers a sustained analysis of the poetics of television narrative, focusing on how storytelling has changed in recent years and how viewers make sense of these innovations. Through close analyses of key programs, including The Wire, Lost, Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, Veronica Mars, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Mad Men the book traces the emergence of this narrative mode, focusing on issues such as viewer comprehension, transmedia storytelling, serial authorship, character change, and cultural evaluation. Developing a television-specific set of narrative theories, Complex TV argues that television is the most vital and important storytelling medium of our time.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jason Mittell is Professor of Film & Media Culture at Middlebury College. His books include Genre & Television: From Cop Shows to Cartoons in American Culture, Television & American Culture, and Complex Television: The Poetics of Contemporary Television Storytelling, and Narrative Theory and Adaptation. He is project manager for [in]Transition: Journal of Videographic Film & Moving Image Studies, and author of numerous video essays.

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Éditeur
New York University Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0814769608
ISBN 13 
9780814769607
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
416
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