Jerry Palmer

Potboilers

Methods, Concepts and Case Studies in Popular Fiction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the debate about popular fiction in the last two decades and its position within popular culture, with reference to crime fiction, soap opera, romance and TV sitcoms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780415009782
• ISBN-10: 0415009782
• Artikelnr.: 22150280

Autorenporträt

Jerry Palmer is a Professor of Communications at City of London Polytechnic. He is the author of Thrillers (1978) and The Logic of the Absurd (1987), and the wide range of articles he has written on popular culture indicates his lasting interest in the field.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I Concepts and methods
Chapter 1 Approaches to popular fiction
Chapter 2 Narrative grammar
Chapter 3 Narrative and connotative processes
Chapter 4 The speaking/reading subject
Chapter 5 Narrative and ideology
Chapter 6 Hegemony and subject position
Chapter 7 Genre
Part II Case studies
Chapter 8 Crime fiction: the genre dimension
Chapter 9 Crime fiction: film noir and gender
Chapter 10 Soap opera, romance and femininity
Chapter 11 Reading as a Woman
Chapter 12 Sitcom: commercial imperatives and humour
Chapter 13 Sitcom and social reality