Due to high audience numbers and the significant influence upon the opinions and values of viewers, the political leadership in China attributes great importance to the impact of television dramas. Many successful TV serials have served as useful conduits to disseminate official…
Pt. I. Building blocks -- pt. II. Home entertainment -- pt. III. Broadcasting.
Building blocks. Defining terms -- Beginning, middle and end: structure and seriality in television adaptation -- Home entertainment. Familiarity and novelty: television microadaptations -- Crossing over: television adaptation, between universality and specificity -- Origin and …
As American television continues to garner considerable esteem, rivalling the seventh art in its "cinematic" aesthetics and the complexity of its narratives, one aspect of its development has been relatively unexamined. While film has long acknowledged its tendency to adapt, an …
"Der Sammelband beschäftigt sich mit Serien als festem Bestandteil gegenwärtiger Popkultur, die Erzählmuster bekannter Hollywoodformate ablösen. In den Großerzählungen der Serienlandschaft werden religiöse Themen explizit und implizit verhandelt und zum handlungstragenden Elemen…