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==''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''== | ==''Television: Critical Methods and Applications''== | ||
− | ''' | + | '''Groups 7 & 3:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are "evaluative" and "descriptive" stylisticians. How would you study ''The Mindy Project''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. |
− | ''' | + | '''Groups 4 & 8:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are an "analytic" stylistician. How would you study ''The Mindy Project''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for the following "functions" of style discussed in the textbook. |
*symbolize | *symbolize | ||
*decorate | *decorate | ||
− | ''' | + | '''Groups 5 & 1:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are an "analytic" stylistician. How would you study ''The Mindy Project''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for the following "functions" of style discussed in the textbook. |
*persuade | *persuade | ||
*hail or interpellate | *hail or interpellate | ||
*differentiate | *differentiate | ||
− | ''' | + | '''Groups 6 & 2:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "historical" stylistician. How would you study ''The Mindy Project''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for "craft practices" and "schemas." |
=="Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s"== | =="Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s"== |
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Television: Critical Methods and Applications
Groups 7 & 3: Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are "evaluative" and "descriptive" stylisticians. How would you study The Mindy Project? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text.
Groups 4 & 8: Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are an "analytic" stylistician. How would you study The Mindy Project? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for the following "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.
- symbolize
- decorate
Groups 5 & 1: Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are an "analytic" stylistician. How would you study The Mindy Project? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for the following "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.
- persuade
- hail or interpellate
- differentiate
Groups 6 & 2: Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "historical" stylistician. How would you study The Mindy Project? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. Be sure to account for "craft practices" and "schemas."
"Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s"
- All Groups: List at least three aspects of the The Mindy Project scene that mark it as single-camera production.
- All groups: Table 5.3 in "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s" lists elements of the "single-camera televisual schema". Is The Mindy Project "televisual", in addition to being a single-camera production? Identify any elements from this table in the scene. (View clip).
Bibliography
- Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Critical Methods and Applications. NY: Routledge, 2012.
- Butler, Jeremy G. "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s," in Television Style (NY: Routledge, 2010), 173-222.