LEADER 03255oam 22005534 450 001 9910797242503321 005 20240102235712.0 010 $a9780814744963$bebook 010 $a0814744966$bebook 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814744963 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1991882 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1991882 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11065865 035 $a(OCoLC)905658558 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse86916 035 $a(DE-B1597)548589 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814744963 035 $a(CKB)3710000000430985 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000430985 100 $a20160107h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn#---auuuu 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aComplex TV $ethe poetics of contemporary television storytelling /$fJason Mittell 210 1$aNew York ;$aLondon :$cNew York University Press,$d[2015]. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (x, 391 pages) 311 0 $aPrint version: Mittell, Jason. Complex TV : the poetics of contemporary television storytelling. New York, New York ; London, England : New York University Press, c2015 x, 391 pages 9780814771358 2014040997 311 0 $a9780814769607 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. Complexity in Context --$t2. Beginnings --$t3. Authorship --$t4. Characters --$t5. Comprehension --$t6. Evaluation --$t7. Serial Melodrama --$t8. Orienting Paratexts --$t9. Transmedia Storytelling --$t10. Ends --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aOver the past two decades, new technologies, changing viewer practices, and the proliferation of genres and channels has transformed American television. One of the most notable impacts of these shifts is the emergence of highly complex and elaborate forms of serial narrative, resulting in a robust period of formal experimentation and risky programming rarely seen in a medium that is typically viewed as formulaic and convention bound. Complex TV offers a sustained analysis of the poetics of television narrative, focusing on how storytelling has changed in recent years and how viewers make sense of these innovations. Through close analyses of key programs, including The Wire, Lost, Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, Veronica Mars, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Mad Men the book traces the emergence of this narrative mode, focusing on issues such as viewer comprehension, transmedia storytelling, serial authorship, character change, and cultural evaluation. Developing a television-specific set of narrative theories, Complex TV argues that television is the most vital and important storytelling medium of our time. 606 $aTelevision authorship 606 $aTelevision$xPhilosophy 606 $aTelevision$xSocial aspects 615 0$aTelevision authorship. 615 0$aTelevision$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aTelevision$xSocial aspects. 676 $a808.2/25 700 $aMittell$b Jason$01484047 712 02$aNew York University Press.$4pbl 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797242503321 996 $aComplex TV$93702547 997 $aUNINA