Complex Serial Drama and Multiplatform Television

ISBN-13: 9781138927759 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 194 str.

Trisha Dunleavy

Opis

This book examines the authorship processes, narrative characteristics, industrial practices and stylistic tendencies of complex serial drama. Dunleavy investigates the strategies that underpin the innovations and distinct features of today’s "premium" TV shows, giving students and scholars a nuanced understanding of this genre.

Spis treści

1. The Rise of Complex Serial Drama on American Cable TV 2. ‘American Quality Drama’ and the Complex Serial 3. Complex Serials and Questions of Authorship 4. Complex Serials and Narrative Innovation 5. Aesthetics and Style in Complex Serial Drama

O autorze

Trisha Dunleavy is Associate Professor in Media Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Her research focuses on television, in which the key areas of interest are TV drama, related institutions and industries, and national screen production cultures. Her earlier books include Television Drama: Form, Agency, Innovation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) and Ourselves in Primetime: A History of New Zealand Television Drama (Auckland University Press, 2005).