{"product_id":"transmedial-narratology-and-contemporary-media-culture-paperback-softback-9781496207708","title":"Transmedial Narratology and Contemporary Media Culture (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496207708","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTransmedial Narratology and Contemporary Media Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJan-Noël Thon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496207708\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 November 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e558 pages, 80 illustrations, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm, 0.818 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Thorough, well-grounded in prominent theory, and useful for scholars of contemporary media and narrative theory.\"-Erica McCrystal, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Graphic Novels and Comics\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"An excellent contribution to transmedial narratology.\"-Hans-Joachim Backe, \u003ci\u003eDiegesis: Interdisciplinary E-Journal for Narrative Research\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“A cutting-edge contribution to transmedial narratology. . . . A highly recommended book and a solid foundation for further development in its field\/s.”-Jan Horstmann, \u003ci\u003eStyle\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Thon successfully fills the gap of a foundation for transmedial narratology that is remarkable as much for its precise critical re-examination of established narratological terms and concepts as for its own clear terminology and conceptualizations that provide fertile ground for future research.”-Michelle Herte, \u003ci\u003eEuropean Comic Art\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"An extremely valuable contribution to the efforts of achieving a truly transmedial perspective without losing sight of the media-specific aspects of texts.\"-Sarah E. Beyvers, \u003ci\u003eKULT Online\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“The work is a meticulous survey of media and narratological scholarship, and one which seems a strong foundation upon which to establish future ‘building blocks’ of the transmedial narratology project.”-Fiona Farnsworth, \u003ci\u003eImageTexT\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“This book is a sustained and utterly convincing demonstration of transmedial narrative theory’s ability to address the construction of twenty-first-century storyworlds in films, comics, and video games.”-Jared Gardner, author of \u003ci\u003eProjections: Comics and the History of Twenty-First-Century Storytelling\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“The adage that ‘narrative is everywhere’ has always been in need of a theoretical frame and method for analysis, and Thon’s carefully argued and well-researched book takes an important step toward such a genuinely transmedial narratology.”-Karin Kukkonen, author of \u003ci\u003eContemporary Comics Storytelling\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“This is a unique feat of narratology, deployed upon an impressive repertoire of contemporary media culture. There simply is no other book that so thoroughly and precisely develops the concept of transmediality.”-Susana P. Tosca, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Video Games: The Essential Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eNarratives are everywhere-and since a significant part of contemporary media culture is defined by narrative forms, media studies need a genuinely transmedial narratology. Against this background, \u003ci\u003eTransmedial Narratology and Contemporary Media Culture\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the intersubjective construction of storyworlds as well as on prototypical forms of narratorial and subjective representation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book provides not only a method for the analysis of salient transmedial strategies of narrative representation in contemporary films, comics, and video games but also a theoretical frame within which medium-specific approaches from literary and film narratology, from comics studies and game studies, and from various other strands of media and cultural studies may be applied to further our understanding of narratives across media.\u003cbr\u003e               \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Toward a Transmedial Narratology\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart 1. Storyworlds across Media\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. The Storyworld as a Transmedial Concept\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Narrative Representation across Media\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart 2. Narrators across Media\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. The Narrator as a Transmedial Concept\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Narratorial Representation across Media\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePart 3. Subjectivity across Media\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Subjectivity as a Transmedial Concept\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. Subjective Representation across Media\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eConclusion\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52735313084696,"sku":"9781496207708","price":25.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/transmedial-narratology-and-contemporary-media-culture-paperback-softback-9781496207708","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}