Popular Culture Genres: Theories and TextsSAGE, 12 Μαΐ 1992 - 171 σελίδες An introduction to genre analysis, this highly readable volume presents key concepts in an accessible manner for undergraduate courses in film, TV, media criticism and cultural studies. The texts are representative of horror, science fiction, spy, classic detective, and tough guy detective genres, and readers may make their own analyses of texts based on the methods explained and the examples offered. |
Περιεχόμενα
Propp de Saussure and the Narrative 133 | 13 |
Formulas and Texts | 29 |
Genre Theory | 43 |
Genre Society and Culture | 59 |
A Case Study | 81 |
Murder on the Orient Express | 95 |
The HardBoiled Detective Novel | 107 |
Dr No | 119 |
War of the Worlds | 131 |
The New Prometheus | 147 |
Conclusions | 157 |
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