Difference between revisions of "Style and Stylistics (Discussion)"

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'''Group 1:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are an "evaluative" stylistician. How would you study ''Outsourced''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. How is evaluative stylistics often connected with auteurism? Who is ''Outsourced"'s auteur?
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'''Group 1:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are an "evaluative" stylistician. How would you study ''New Girl''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text.
  
'''Group 2:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "descriptive" stylistician. How would you study ''Outsourced''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text.
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'''Group 2:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "descriptive" stylistician. How would you study ''New Girl''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text.
  
'''Group 3:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "analytic" stylistician.  How would you study ''Outsourced''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for the five "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.
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'''Group 3:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "analytic" stylistician.  How would you study ''New Girl''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for the five "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.
 
*symbolize
 
*symbolize
 
*decorate
 
*decorate
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*differentiate
 
*differentiate
  
'''Group 4:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "historical" stylistician.  How would you study ''Outsourced''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for "craft practices" and "schemas."
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'''Group 4:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "historical" stylistician.  How would you study ''New Girl''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for "craft practices" and "schemas."
  
 
'''All groups:''' What elements of your stylistic approach do you see in "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s"?
 
'''All groups:''' What elements of your stylistic approach do you see in "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s"?
 
==Auteur theory -- if time allows ==
 
#What problems does the auteur theory, which is based in film studies, have when applied to television? For example, how are "pitch sessions" a problem, according to Caldwell? Who are "showrunners"? What do auteurist critics look for in TV shows? If there are no true auteurs, can TV still be "art"?
 
  
 
== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==

Revision as of 18:27, 3 November 2011

Group 1: Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are an "evaluative" stylistician. How would you study New Girl? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text.

Group 2: Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "descriptive" stylistician. How would you study New Girl? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text.

Group 3: Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "analytic" stylistician. How would you study New Girl? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for the five "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.

  • symbolize
  • decorate
  • persuade
  • hail or interpellate
  • differentiate

Group 4: Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "historical" stylistician. How would you study New Girl? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for "craft practices" and "schemas."

All groups: What elements of your stylistic approach do you see in "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s"?

Bibliography

  1. Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Critical Methods and Applications. NY: Routledge, 2011.
  2. Butler, Jeremy G. "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s," in Television Style (NY: Routledge, 2010), 173-222.

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