Narrative - Levi - Stauss
Evaluate the Relevance of strauss narrative theory to long term television drama? Binary oppositions: good v evil west v east war v peace youth v old madness v sanity male v female
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Narrative - Neal
Mise - en-scene Set - Langley (CIA base ) props - Guns, bombs, knives Costumes - Military uniforms Typical Narrative Binary oppositions - bad guy/good guy Police and terrorist political/military and physiological drama, not just crime Generic/ stock charters : Female lead who has bi - polar disorder Themes Police vs criminals Evaluate the relevance of Neale's genre theory to long term television drama Neale's narrative theory relates to Homeland series because in terms of the Mise - en - scene, character and themes. Neale's theory says that genre is a process by which generic codes and conventions are shared by producers and audiences through repetition in mead products. The Mise - en- scene in Homeland supports the theory of 'repetition', as they will repeat the set and props and costumes as other crime drama series that are around now as well. This is ...
