Popular Culture Genres

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Arthur Asa Berger - San Francisco State University, USA

Volume: 2

Series:
Feminist Perspective on Communication

Other Titles in:
Popular Culture (General)

June 1992 | 192 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

Description
Contents

An introduction to genre analysis, this highly readable volume presents key concepts in an accessible manner for undergraduate courses in film, TV, media criticism and cultural studies. The texts are representative of horror, science fiction, spy, classic detective, and tough guy detective genres, and readers may make their own analyses of texts based on the methods explained and the examples offered.

PART ONE: THEORIES

On the Structure of Genres

Propp, de Saussure and the Narrative

Formulas and Texts

Genre Theory

Genre, Society and Culture

The Classical Mystery

A Case Study

PART TWO: TEXTS

Murder on the Orient Express

f003 The Maltese Falcon

The Hard-Boiled Detective Novel

f003 Dr No

f003 War of the Worlds

Frankenstein

The New Prometheus

Conclusions

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