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100 1 _aLacey, Nick,
_eauthor.
100 1 0 _1Lacey, Nick, |d 1961-
245 1 0 _aNarrative and genre :
_bkey concepts in media studies /
_cNick Lacey.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bPalgrave,
_c2000.
300 _aix, 268 pages :
_billustrations,
_c22 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 256-263) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction to Narrative Theory -- Once upon a time -- openings -- What is narrative? -- Todorov and narrative structure -- Propp's narrative functions -- Levi-Strauss and binary oppositions -- Barthes's narrative codes -- A History of Narrative -- The Epic of Gilgamesh -- Aristotle's theory of art -- The oral tradition -- Le Morte D'Arthur (The Death of Arthur) -- Shakespeare -- The novel -- Romanticism -- Modernism -- Postmodernism -- Theory of Narrative 2 -- More advanced narrative theory -- Narrative voice -- Ideological narrative analysis -- The Searchers -- Alternative narrative systems -- Alternative narrative and documentary -- Theory of Genre 1 -- Generic conventions -- The basic schema of genre -- Genre and society -- Film noir and 'hard-boiled' crime novels -- the repertoire of elements -- The TV cop genre: NYPD Blue -- oppositions in genre -- Science fiction -- repertoire of elements and history -- Melodrama -- a genre and a style -- Genre and format -- Theory of Genre 2 -- Genre -- the chicken or the egg? -- Twelve generic approaches to media texts -- Genre as Jungian myth -- Genre and gender -- soap opera -- Generic cycles -- Non-realistic genres -- horror -- Genre and semiotics -- Ideology and genre criticism -- Genres and scheduling -- Conclusion: narrative and genre -- Basic Instinct (Paul Verhoeven, 1992) -- Nora Prentiss (Vincent Sherman, 1947) -- Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) -- The Searchers (John Ford, 1956) -- Strange Days (Kathryn Bigelow, 1995) -- The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995).
520 _a"Narratives fill our lives, whether we are reading books, magazines or newspapers, listening to the radio, or watching television or movies. Equally, many people use the notion of genre in order to decide which novel to buy or which movie to watch. This book brings together a rich range of theory and examples that consider how these two concepts can inform and deepen our understanding of the media."-- Back cover.
650 0 _aMass media and language.
650 0 _aLanguage and culture.
650 0 _aLanguage arts.
650 0 _aMotion pictures and language.
650 0 _aCommunication in literature.
650 0 _aNarration (Rhetoric)
650 0 _aFilm genres.
650 0 _aDiscourse analysis, Narrative.
650 0 _aLiterary form.
650 0 _aMass media.
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