When storyworlds collide : : metalepsis in popular fiction, film and comics / / by Jeff Thoss.
One can find it in the classics of experimental literature such as Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy or the short stories of Jorge Luis Borges, but also in the horror and fantasy fiction of Stephen King, in Mel Brooks’s spoof films and Grant Morrison’s superhero comics. The talk is of metalepsis, th...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Studies in Intermediality, Volume 7 |
---|---|
VerfasserIn: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill Rodopi,, 2015. ©2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies in intermediality ;
Volume 7. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (205 pages) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
993582459304498 |
---|---|
ctrlnum |
(CKB)3710000000370815 (EBL)1981288 (SSID)ssj0001489526 (PQKBManifestationID)11920270 (PQKBTitleCode)TC0001489526 (PQKBWorkID)11456966 (PQKB)10109105 (MiAaPQ)EBC1981288 (OCoLC)910401874 (nllekb)BRILL9789401212021 (EXLCZ)993710000000370815 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
Thoss, Jeff, author. When storyworlds collide : metalepsis in popular fiction, film and comics / by Jeff Thoss. Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill Rodopi, 2015. ©2015 1 online resource (205 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Studies in Intermediality, 1871-8787 ; Volume 7 Description based upon print version of record. English Preliminary material / Editors When Storyworlds Collide -- Introduction / Editors When Storyworlds Collide -- Theory / Editors When Storyworlds Collide -- Fiction / Editors When Storyworlds Collide -- Film / Editors When Storyworlds Collide -- Comics / Editors When Storyworlds Collide -- Conclusion / Editors When Storyworlds Collide -- References / Editors When Storyworlds Collide. One can find it in the classics of experimental literature such as Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy or the short stories of Jorge Luis Borges, but also in the horror and fantasy fiction of Stephen King, in Mel Brooks’s spoof films and Grant Morrison’s superhero comics. The talk is of metalepsis, the transgression of narrative levels. While this device was long perceived as a narratological oddity reserved for avant-garde texts, it has recently emerged as a phenomenon of much wider bearing that exists in numerous media and in popular as well as high culture. When Storyworlds Collide wishes to do justice to this situation and offers both a refined model for the analysis of metalepsis across media and a detailed investigation of the uses and functions of metalepsis in popular culture, thus providing a valuable addition to the burgeoning field of post-classical and transmedial narrative theory. Starting from a thorough reevaluation of the concept of metalepsis as it is discussed both in classical narratology and more recent endeavours, this book puts forth a deceptively simple yet flexible definition and typology of this device, centred on the violation of the border separating the inside and outside of a storyworld and designed to be transmedially applicable. In a second step, this model is put to the test through an analysis of a wide range of metaleptic narratives drawn from popular fiction, film, and comics. When Storyworlds Collide takes popular culture seriously, employing it neither to merely exemplify theory nor to demonstrate that it is ultimately a knockoff of high culture. Rather, it shows that metalepsis possesses a unique dynamics in popular storytelling and has become an essential device for pop-cultural self-reflection – while still retaining an immense potential to create amusing and entertaining narratives. This book will be relevant to students and scholars from a wide variety of fields: narrative theory, intermediality and media studies, popular culture as well as literary, film and comics studies. Includes bibliographical references. Description based on print version record. Metalepsis. Studies in intermediality ; Volume 7. |
language |
English |
format |
eBook |
author |
Thoss, Jeff, |
spellingShingle |
Thoss, Jeff, When storyworlds collide : metalepsis in popular fiction, film and comics / Studies in Intermediality, Preliminary material / Introduction / Theory / Fiction / Film / Comics / Conclusion / References / |
author_facet |
Thoss, Jeff, |
author_variant |
j t jt |
author_role |
VerfasserIn |
author_sort |
Thoss, Jeff, |
author_additional |
Editors When Storyworlds Collide -- Editors When Storyworlds Collide. |
title |
When storyworlds collide : metalepsis in popular fiction, film and comics / |
title_sub |
metalepsis in popular fiction, film and comics / |
title_full |
When storyworlds collide : metalepsis in popular fiction, film and comics / by Jeff Thoss. |
title_fullStr |
When storyworlds collide : metalepsis in popular fiction, film and comics / by Jeff Thoss. |
title_full_unstemmed |
When storyworlds collide : metalepsis in popular fiction, film and comics / by Jeff Thoss. |
title_auth |
When storyworlds collide : metalepsis in popular fiction, film and comics / |
title_alt |
Preliminary material / Introduction / Theory / Fiction / Film / Comics / Conclusion / References / |
title_new |
When storyworlds collide : |
title_sort |
when storyworlds collide : metalepsis in popular fiction, film and comics / |
series |
Studies in Intermediality, |
series2 |
Studies in Intermediality, |
publisher |
Brill Rodopi, |
publishDate |
2015 |
physical |
1 online resource (205 pages) |
contents |
Preliminary material / Introduction / Theory / Fiction / Film / Comics / Conclusion / References / |
isbn |
94-012-1202-3 |
issn |
1871-8787 ; |
callnumber-first |
P - Language and Literature |
callnumber-subject |
PN - General Literature |
callnumber-label |
PN228 |
callnumber-sort |
PN 3228 M35 T467 42015 |
illustrated |
Illustrated |
dewey-hundreds |
700 - Arts & recreation |
dewey-tens |
700 - Arts |
dewey-ones |
700 - The arts; fine & decorative arts |
dewey-full |
700.9051 |
dewey-sort |
3700.9051 |
dewey-raw |
700.9051 |
dewey-search |
700.9051 |
oclc_num |
910401874 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT thossjeff whenstoryworldscollidemetalepsisinpopularfictionfilmandcomics |
status_str |
n |
ids_txt_mv |
(CKB)3710000000370815 (EBL)1981288 (SSID)ssj0001489526 (PQKBManifestationID)11920270 (PQKBTitleCode)TC0001489526 (PQKBWorkID)11456966 (PQKB)10109105 (MiAaPQ)EBC1981288 (OCoLC)910401874 (OCoLC)900439094 (OCoLC)906120070 (nllekb)BRILL9789401212021 (EXLCZ)993710000000370815 |
carrierType_str_mv |
cr |
hierarchy_parent_title |
Studies in Intermediality, Volume 7 |
hierarchy_sequence |
Volume 7. |
is_hierarchy_title |
When storyworlds collide : metalepsis in popular fiction, film and comics / |
container_title |
Studies in Intermediality, Volume 7 |
_version_ |
1796652809004777472 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>04239nam a2200541 i 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">993582459304498</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20240102113119.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m o d | </controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr#cnu||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">150313t20152015ne a ob 000 0 eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">94-012-1202-3</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.1163/9789401212021</subfield><subfield code="2">DOI</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(CKB)3710000000370815</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(EBL)1981288</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(SSID)ssj0001489526</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(PQKBManifestationID)11920270</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001489526</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(PQKBWorkID)11456966</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(PQKB)10109105</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(MiAaPQ)EBC1981288</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)910401874</subfield><subfield code="z">(OCoLC)900439094</subfield><subfield code="z">(OCoLC)906120070</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(nllekb)BRILL9789401212021</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(EXLCZ)993710000000370815</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">MiAaPQ</subfield><subfield code="b">eng</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield><subfield code="e">pn</subfield><subfield code="c">MiAaPQ</subfield><subfield code="d">MiAaPQ</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">PN228.M35</subfield><subfield code="b">.T467 2015</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">P</subfield><subfield code="2">lcco</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">PN</subfield><subfield code="2">lcco</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">JFCA</subfield><subfield code="2">bicssc</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">SOC022000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">700.9051</subfield><subfield code="2">23</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Thoss, Jeff,</subfield><subfield code="e">author.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">When storyworlds collide :</subfield><subfield code="b">metalepsis in popular fiction, film and comics /</subfield><subfield code="c">by Jeff Thoss.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Leiden, Netherlands ;</subfield><subfield code="a">Boston, [Massachusetts] :</subfield><subfield code="b">Brill Rodopi,</subfield><subfield code="c">2015.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">©2015</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource (205 pages)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="490" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Studies in Intermediality,</subfield><subfield code="x">1871-8787 ;</subfield><subfield code="v">Volume 7</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="500" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based upon print version of record.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">English</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="t">Preliminary material /</subfield><subfield code="r">Editors When Storyworlds Collide --</subfield><subfield code="t">Introduction /</subfield><subfield code="r">Editors When Storyworlds Collide --</subfield><subfield code="t">Theory /</subfield><subfield code="r">Editors When Storyworlds Collide --</subfield><subfield code="t">Fiction /</subfield><subfield code="r">Editors When Storyworlds Collide --</subfield><subfield code="t">Film /</subfield><subfield code="r">Editors When Storyworlds Collide --</subfield><subfield code="t">Comics /</subfield><subfield code="r">Editors When Storyworlds Collide --</subfield><subfield code="t">Conclusion /</subfield><subfield code="r">Editors When Storyworlds Collide --</subfield><subfield code="t">References /</subfield><subfield code="r">Editors When Storyworlds Collide.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">One can find it in the classics of experimental literature such as Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy or the short stories of Jorge Luis Borges, but also in the horror and fantasy fiction of Stephen King, in Mel Brooks’s spoof films and Grant Morrison’s superhero comics. The talk is of metalepsis, the transgression of narrative levels. While this device was long perceived as a narratological oddity reserved for avant-garde texts, it has recently emerged as a phenomenon of much wider bearing that exists in numerous media and in popular as well as high culture. When Storyworlds Collide wishes to do justice to this situation and offers both a refined model for the analysis of metalepsis across media and a detailed investigation of the uses and functions of metalepsis in popular culture, thus providing a valuable addition to the burgeoning field of post-classical and transmedial narrative theory. Starting from a thorough reevaluation of the concept of metalepsis as it is discussed both in classical narratology and more recent endeavours, this book puts forth a deceptively simple yet flexible definition and typology of this device, centred on the violation of the border separating the inside and outside of a storyworld and designed to be transmedially applicable. In a second step, this model is put to the test through an analysis of a wide range of metaleptic narratives drawn from popular fiction, film, and comics. When Storyworlds Collide takes popular culture seriously, employing it neither to merely exemplify theory nor to demonstrate that it is ultimately a knockoff of high culture. Rather, it shows that metalepsis possesses a unique dynamics in popular storytelling and has become an essential device for pop-cultural self-reflection – while still retaining an immense potential to create amusing and entertaining narratives. This book will be relevant to students and scholars from a wide variety of fields: narrative theory, intermediality and media studies, popular culture as well as literary, film and comics studies.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="504" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Includes bibliographical references.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on print version record.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Metalepsis.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="830" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Studies in intermediality ;</subfield><subfield code="v">Volume 7.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="906" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">BOOK</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="ADM" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">2024-01-03 02:04:39 Europe/Vienna</subfield><subfield code="d">00</subfield><subfield code="f">system</subfield><subfield code="c">marc21</subfield><subfield code="a">2015-03-15 13:35:14 Europe/Vienna</subfield><subfield code="g">false</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="AVE" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="i">Brill</subfield><subfield code="P">EBA Brill All</subfield><subfield code="x">https://eu02.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/43ACC_OEAW/openurl?u.ignore_date_coverage=true&portfolio_pid=5343281800004498&Force_direct=true</subfield><subfield code="Z">5343281800004498</subfield><subfield code="b">Available</subfield><subfield code="8">5343281800004498</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |