Difference between revisions of "Genre Study (Discussion)"
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| − | + | Jane Feuer, in the ''Channels'' chapter on genre, specifies three approaches to genre: | |
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| + | She then summarizes the approaches to the sitcom of David Grote, Horace Newcomb and David Marc -- followed by her own genre analysis. And ''Television'' presents the work of Geoffrey Hurd. | ||
| − | + | Each group will explore the approach of one of these four authors. | |
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| − | #Using | + | #Using your author's approach, explain which of Feuer's groups it falls into. |
| − | + | #Apply his approach to the episodes of ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''The Cosby Show'' and ''How I Met Your Mother'' we've viewed. What sort of questions would you ask about these eps? What conclusions might your analysis draw? How is ''How I Met Your Mother'' altering the genre's conventions (if, indeed, your author would think it is)? ('''Group 1''': Do you see any of Hurd's narrative functions in these eps?) | |
| − | + | #How does Feuer's own approach to genre and ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' differ from your author's? | |
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==All groups== | ==All groups== | ||
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#How does Feuer feel the genre changed in the 1970s? | #How does Feuer feel the genre changed in the 1970s? | ||
| − | # | + | #List two strength(s) of genre analysis. List two weaknesses of this approach. |
== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
Revision as of 19:31, 5 November 2009
Jane Feuer, in the Channels chapter on genre, specifies three approaches to genre:
- the aesthetic,
- the ritual, and
- the ideological.
She then summarizes the approaches to the sitcom of David Grote, Horace Newcomb and David Marc -- followed by her own genre analysis. And Television presents the work of Geoffrey Hurd.
Each group will explore the approach of one of these four authors.
Group 2: Grote
Group 3: Newcomb
Group 4: Marc
Group 1: Hurd
- Using your author's approach, explain which of Feuer's groups it falls into.
- Apply his approach to the episodes of The Andy Griffith Show, The Cosby Show and How I Met Your Mother we've viewed. What sort of questions would you ask about these eps? What conclusions might your analysis draw? How is How I Met Your Mother altering the genre's conventions (if, indeed, your author would think it is)? (Group 1: Do you see any of Hurd's narrative functions in these eps?)
- How does Feuer's own approach to genre and The Mary Tyler Moore Show differ from your author's?
All groups
- How does Feuer feel the genre changed in the 1970s?
- List two strength(s) of genre analysis. List two weaknesses of this approach.
Bibliography
- Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Critical Methods and Applications. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.
- Robert C. Allen, Channels of Discourse, Reassembled, second edition (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1992).
