Potboilers

Methods, Concepts and Case Studies in Popular Fiction

By:

Jerry Palmer

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Hardback

Series:

Communication and Society

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Potboilers looks at the many forms of popular narrative - in print, film and TV. It considers the ways in they have been analysed in literary criticism, sociology, communications, media and cultural studies. The book introduces and summarizes two decades of debate about mass-produced fictions and their position within popular culture. It assesses the methods that have been used in these debates, focussing both on narrative analysis and the communications process. It explores generic conventions, the role of commercial strategies, and the nature of the audience with reference to crime fiction, soap opera, romance and TV sitcom. Distinctions between high' and low' culture have relegated many popular forms to the trash-can of great' literature. This book takes stock of the methods and concepts used to analyse popular culture and argues for a non-elitist approach to the study of literature, film and television.

Author Biography:

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.

Release date Australia

December 5th, 1991

Author

Jerry Palmer

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

Pages

228

Series

Communication and Society

Dimensions

140x216x18

ISBN-13

9780415009775

Product ID

2248751

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