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Dreading the future: Narrative dread in BETTER CALL SAUL and contemporary television

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dc.creatorBrown, David W R
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-16T09:19:20Z
dc.date.available2019-08-16T09:19:20Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThis article defines and conceptualises the emotion ‘narrative dread’. Most discussions of what we might call narrative emotions – such as suspense, curiosity, and surprise – have focused on film. By contrast, comparatively little has been said about the particularities of narrative and emotion in relation to long-form television series. The article proposes that narrative dread differs from other similar responses through its distinct temporality and level of knowledge. Through a discussion of the series BETTER CALL SAUL, the article argues that narrative dread is particularly effectively elicited by the long-form narration that is typical of contemporary dramatic television series.en
dc.identifier.doi10.25969/mediarep/4175
dc.identifier.urihttps://necsus-ejms.org/dreading-the-future-narrative-dread-in-better-call-saul-and-contemporary-television/
dc.identifier.urihttps://mediarep.org/handle/doc/4940
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherAmsterdam University Press
dc.publisher.placeAmsterdam
dc.relation.isPartOfissn:2213-0217
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 4.0 Generic
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subjectcontemporary televisionen
dc.subjectdreaden
dc.subjectEmotionsen
dc.subjectnarrative emotionsen
dc.subjectparadox of aversionen
dc.subjectFernsehseriede
dc.subjectEmotionde
dc.subjectAversionde
dc.subject.ddcddc:791
dc.subject.workBETTER CALL SAUL
dc.titleDreading the future: Narrative dread in BETTER CALL SAUL and contemporary televisionen
dc.typearticle
dc.type.statuspublishedVersion
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDavid W. R. Brown: Dreading the future: Narrative dread in Better Call Saul and contemporary television. In: NECSUS. European Journal of Media Studies, Jg. 8 (2019) Nr. 1, S. 231–248. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/4175.
dspace.entity.typeArticleen
local.coverpage2020-11-22T11:02:16
local.identifier.firstpublishedhttps://necsus-ejms.org/dreading-the-future-narrative-dread-in-better-call-saul-and-contemporary-television/
local.source.epage248
local.source.issue1
local.source.spage231
local.source.volume8
local.subject.wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14925221

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