Difference between revisions of "Style and Stylistics (Discussion)"
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| − | '''Group 4:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are an "evaluative" | + | '''Group 4:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are an "evaluative" and "descriptive" stylisticians. How would you study ''New Girl''? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text. |
| − | '''Group 1 | + | '''Group 1:''' 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 following "functions" of style discussed in the textbook. |
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*symbolize | *symbolize | ||
*decorate | *decorate | ||
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| + | '''Group 2:''' 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 following "functions" of style discussed in the textbook. | ||
*persuade | *persuade | ||
*hail or interpellate | *hail or interpellate | ||
*differentiate | *differentiate | ||
| − | '''Group 3:''' Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are a "historical" stylistician. | + | '''Group 3:''' 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:''' | + | '''All groups:''' Table 5.3 in "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s" lists elements of the "single-camera televisual schema". Many of these we will be discussed in the weeks to come, but try to identify at least three of them in the opening segment of ''New Girl''. |
== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
Revision as of 18:48, 3 November 2011
Group 4: Be prepared to define these basic terms: "style," "stylistics". Then, pretend you are an "evaluative" and "descriptive" stylisticians. How would you study New Girl? Devise a research project that you might attempt with this TV text.
Group 1: 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 following "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.
- symbolize
- decorate
Group 2: 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 following "functions" of style discussed in the textbook.
- persuade
- hail or interpellate
- differentiate
Group 3: 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: Table 5.3 in "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s" lists elements of the "single-camera televisual schema". Many of these we will be discussed in the weeks to come, but try to identify at least three of them in the opening segment of New Girl.
Bibliography
- Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Critical Methods and Applications. NY: Routledge, 2011.
- Butler, Jeremy G. "Televisuality and the Resurrection of the Sitcom in the 2000s," in Television Style (NY: Routledge, 2010), 173-222.
