World Construction via Networking : : The Storytelling Mechanics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe / / Christopher Joseph Hansen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter transcript Complete eBook Package 2024
• VerfasserIn: Hansen, Christopher Joseph,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Language: English
• Series: Lettre
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (364 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1 The Foundation --; 1.1 Foundational Terms --; 1.2 Foundational Theories – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly --; 1.3 Foundation for a New Terminology --; 2 The Universe Model --; 2.1 Definition of Narrative Entity and Manifestation --; 2.2 Elements of Governance --; 2.3 Classification of Relationships --; 3 The Mechanics --; 3.1 The MCU Network --; 3.1.1 The MCU Films --; 3.1.2 The Marvel Netflix Universe (MNU) --; 3.1.3 The ABC Series --; 3.1.4 The Marvel Relationships --; 3.1.5 Lack of Connection --; 3.2 Understanding the Mechanics of The Marvel Cinematic Universe --; 3.2.1 From Personal to Global to Cosmic and Beyond: Managing Expansion and Escalation --; 3.2.2 It’s All Too Much: The Need for Clustering --; 3.2.3 Escalating the Network: Audience Creation and Maintenance --; 3.2.4 Endings and Beginnings Forever --; 4 Reflections --; 4.1 Reflection on Practice: A short look at other Universes --; 4.2 Reflection on Theory: Researching Universes --; Afterword --; References --; Primary Sources --; Film --; Series --; Comics --; Books --; Internet --; Secondary Sources --; Internet
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783839470985; 9783111332376
• DOI: 10.1515/9783839470985
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Christopher Joseph Hansen.

With the mainstream's growing acceptance of worlds and storytelling spread among several different texts - e.g., films, television series, novels, and comics - this pioneering study employs a multidisciplinary approach combining transmediality, network theory, and narratology to analyze the narrative network of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In this analysis, Christopher Hansen thoroughly examines storytelling techniques while providing a fresh theoretical framework to develop a structural model for interconnected narratives. He redefines our understanding of narrative dynamics in one of the most successful cinematic franchises of all time.