Cinematic TV: serial drama goes to the movies

In the last two decades, media scholars have often suggested that television has become cinematic. Once considered 'a mere instrument of transmission,' as Rudolf Arnheim put it, or derided as a vast wasteland, TV is now praised for its visual density and complexity. Serial dramas, in parti...

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Main Author: Richards, Rashna Wadia 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2021
Series:Oxford scholarship online
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Online Access:UPA01
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Summary:In the last two decades, media scholars have often suggested that television has become cinematic. Once considered 'a mere instrument of transmission,' as Rudolf Arnheim put it, or derided as a vast wasteland, TV is now praised for its visual density and complexity. Serial dramas, in particular, are acclaimed for their imitations of cinema's stylistically innovative and narratively challenging conventions. But what exactly does 'cinematic TV' mean? This text takes up this question comprehensively, arguing that TV dramas quote, copy, and appropriate (primarily) American cinema in multiple ways and toward multiple ends. Putting together an innovative framework by combining intertextuality and memory studies, 'Cinematic TV' focuses on four modalities of intermedial borrowings: homage, evocation, genre, and parody.
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 28, 2021)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (246 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780190071295
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190071257.001.0001

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