Reading Contemporary Serial Television Universes provides a new framework—the metaphor of the narrative ecosystem—for the analysis of serial television narratives. Contributors use this metaphor to address the ever-expanding and evolving structure of narratives far beyond their usual spatial and temporal borders, in general and in reference to specific series. Other scholarly approaches consider each narrative as composed of modular elements, which combine to create a bigger picture. The narrative ecosystem approach, on the other hand, argues that each portion of the narrative world contains all of the main elements that characterize the world as a whole, such as narrative tensions, production structures, creative dynamics and functions. The volume details the implications of the narrative ecosystem for narrative theory and the study of seriality, audiences and fandoms, production, and the analysis of the products themselves.
Edited by:
Paola Brembilla,
Ilaria A. De Pascalis
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138071391
ISBN 10: 1138071390
Series: Routledge Advances in Television Studies
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 01 June 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
,
A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
"Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables List of Contributors Editors’ Introduction Part I – Theory Chapter 1: New Paths in Transmediality as Vast Narratives: The State of the Field Matthew Freeman Chapter 2: Crossing the Boundaries: Narrative Ecosystems as Semiospheres Marta Boni Chapter 3: Evolution in Vampire-Centered TV Ecosystems Héctor J. Pérez and Fernando Canet Chapter 4: Audiences and Fan Studies: Technological Communities and Their Influences on Narrative Ecosystems Paul Booth Chapter 5: Spin-offs, Crossovers, and World Building ""Energies"" Derek Johnson Chapter 6: The Evolution of Characters in TV Series: Morphology, Selection and Remarkable Cases in Narrative Ecosystems Veronica Innocenti and Guglielmo Pescatore Part II – Analysis Chapter 7: An Italian Ecosystem: Gomorra Ilaria A. De Pascalis Chapter 8: Thank God I'm a Country Series. Interacting Environments and Networks in Nashville Paola Brembilla Chapter 9: You’re Sherlock Holmes, wear the damn hat! Character Identity in a Transfiction Roberta Pearson Chapter 10: The Specificities of the North-European Seriality: Strong Local Voices in a Global Media-World Heidi Philipsen Chapter 11: Event TV Drama within Narrative Ecosystems: Extended Seriality and Differing Paratextual Orientations in the 50th Anniversaries of Cult TV Matt Hills Chapter 12: The Game of Game of Thrones: Networked Concordances and Fractal Dramaturgy Andrew Beveridge and Michael Chemers"
Paola Brembilla is a Adjunct Professor in Television and Media Studies at Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy Ilaria A. De Pascalis is Assistant Professor in Film and Television Studies at Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy.
