Difference between revisions of "Style and Stylistics (Discussion)"
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You may substitute ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' for ''The Mindy Project''. | You may substitute ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' for ''The Mindy Project''. | ||
| − | ==''Television: | + | ==''Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture''== |
| − | '''Group 6:''' | + | '''Group 6:''' 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 2 & 3:''' | + | '''Groups 2 & 3:''' 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 | ||
| − | '''Group 4 & 1:''' | + | '''Group 4 & 1:''' 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 5:''' | + | '''Groups 5:''' 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"== | ||
Revision as of 19:41, 30 October 2018
You may substitute Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt for The Mindy Project.
Television: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture
Group 6: 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 2 & 3: 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
Group 4 & 1: 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 5: 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: Visual Storytelling and Screen Culture. NY: Routledge, 2018.
- Butler, Jeremy G. "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s," in Television Style (NY: Routledge, 2010), 173-222.
