Narrative And Media

by Edited by Helen Fulton , Rosemary Huisman , Julian Murphet , Anne Dunn

• ISBN13: 9780521617420
• ISBN10: 0521617421
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-30
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Narrative and Media applies contemporary narrative theory to media texts, including film, television, radio, advertising, and print journalism. Drawing on research in structuralist and post-structuralist theory, as well as functional grammar and image analysis, the book explains the narrative techniques which shape media texts and offers interpretive tools for analysing meaning and ideology. Each section looks at particular media forms and shows how elements such as chronology, character, and focalization are realized in specific texts. As the boundaries between entertainment and information in the mass media continue to dissolve, understanding the ways in which modes of story-telling are seamlessly transferred from one medium to another, and the ideological implications of these strategies, is an essential aspect of media studies.

Author Biography

Helen Fulton is Professor of English at the University of Wales, Swansea Rosemary Huisman is Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of English, University of Sydney Julian Murphet is a lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Sydney Anne Dunn is a senior lecturer in the Department of Media and Communications at the University of Sydney

Table of Contents

Figures and tables	viii
Contributors	x
Acknowledgements	xi
Introduction: the power of narrative	1	(8)
Helen Fulton
Part 1 The basics of narrative theory	9	(36)
Narrative concepts	11	(17)
Rosemary Huisman
From structuralism to post-structuralism	28	(17)
Rosemary Huisman
Part 2 Film as narrative and visual mode	45	(78)
Stories and plots	47	(13)
Julian Murphet
Narrative time	60	(13)
Julian Murphet
Narrative voice	73	(13)
Julian Murphet
Point of view	86	(10)
Julian Murphet
Novel to film	96	(12)
Helen Fulton
Film narrative and visual cohesion	108	(15)
Helen Fulton
Part 3 Television: narratives and ideology	123	(66)
The genres of television	125	(15)
Anne Dunn
Television news as narrative	140	(13)
Anne Dunn
Aspects of narrative in series and serials	153	(19)
Rosemary Huisman
Soap operas and sitcoms	172	(17)
Rosemary Huisman
Part 4 Radio and print journalism	189	(80)
Structures of radio drama	191	(12)
Anne Dunn
Radio news and interviews	203	(15)
Anne Dunn
Print news as narrative	218	(27)
Helen Fulton
Analysing the discourse of news	245	(24)
Helen Fulton
Part 5 Popular print culture	269	(38)
Magazine genres	271	(14)
Rosemary Huisman
Advertising narratives	285	(15)
Rosemary Huisman
Conclusion: postmodern narrative and media	300	(7)
Helen Fulton
Glossary	307	(6)
Bibliography	313	(7)
Index	320