Narrative Strategies in Television Series (Hardcover)

Introduction: Towards a Narratology of TV Series; G.Allrath, M.Gymnich, C.Surkamp PART 1: BEYOND REALISM: AUTHENTIFYING AND SUBJECTIFYING NARRATIVE STRATEGIES 'Today is Going to be the Longest Day of my Life': A Narratological Analysis of 24; E.Birk & H.Birk Exploring Inner Spaces - Authoritative Narratives and Subjective Worlds in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise ; M.Gymnich Animated Cartoons and Other Innovative Forms of Presenting Consciousness on Screen: The German TV Series Berlin, Berlin ; C.Surkamp PART 2: MULTI-LAYERED CHARACTERS, MULTI-LAYERED NARRATIVES 'She's Filled with Secrets': Hidden Worlds, Embedded Narratives, and Character Doubling in Twin Peaks ; J.Matthees 'This is not Happening': The Multi-layered Ontology of The X-Files ; K.Seibel Life in Doppelgangland: Innovative Character Conception and Alternate Worlds in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel ; G.Allrath PART 3: NARRATING GENDER/GENDERING NARRATIVES Serial Gossip: Gossip as Theme and Narrative Strategy in Sex and the City ; E.Fritsch Ellen Dege narrated : Breaking the Heteronormative Narrative Contract; D.Schulz PART 4: (RE)NARRATING HISTORY History and Biography in Die zweite Heimat : Narrative Strategies to Represent the Past; S.Heinen & S.Deines History: The Sitcom, England: The Theme Park - Blackadder 's Retrovisions as Historiographic Meta-TV; E.Voigts-Virchow Index