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| what is the implied viewer? |
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| the point of view of the show |
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| an unexpectation for something that happens |
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| Our job to fill in blanks without interpretations |
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| what is a narrative theory? |
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| suggests that the text is absolute, experiences don't play a role, looks at tv as a set of codes, looks at the discourse,the implied author is the point of view of where the story is being told. The narrator is the entity in a text telling the story. |
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| what are character scene functions? |
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| introduction, development, revelation, relationships, affirmation, action, and ambiance |
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| a symbol that is repeated |
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| study of humans in a natural habitat |
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| audience ethnographic criticim is... |
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| combo of audience response criticism and narrative theory. |
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| preferred or dominant reading |
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| preferred or dominant reading, we nderstand the text the way it is supposed to be understood. |
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| the dominant way of looking at society |
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| understand the dominant reading, but go wit the opposite |
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| I will buy some of this, but negotiate the other ones whateva |
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| open to a variety of meanings |
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| things can happen from tv subjugated from your own control, cheers example |
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| assumes that tv is an important social and culutral force because its stories offer lessons about rules and roles that portray idealistic realistic visions of society. |
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| patterns of social roles on tv and how they reflect real life. |
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| the different dramatic styles a character puts on |
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| looks at how values are affirmed and rejected on TV. |
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| roles, patterns of behavior, sex and gender, stereotypes |
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| sex is biological, gender is social (gender is a cultural term) |
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| stories that communities use to define ethical and social codes of behavior |
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| goal of critic in Mythic Criticism |
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| to uncover the problems the myth present, looks at assumptions: good vs bad |
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| mythic critcism assumes... |
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| that the audience is prejudice, that the audience will buy into anything |
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| compares the story/characters and it comparis it to a mythic narrative |
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| Structural Mythic Analysis |
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| how do symbols stand out /fit with the myth |
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| Consistently ooks at cultrual foundations, people to cultur and stories to culture. COmpares to audience response criticism. |
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| not deal with alone, looks at mythis as it relates to feminism or race or culture.. |
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| THE #1 ASSUMPTION OF FEMININE CRITICISM |
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| TV is patriarchal (know the town of Buffy and the neighboring town) justifiable violence, looks at good/bad with good always prevailing, romance, look at where the myth comes from to idenfiy meanting within the text |
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| the idea that tv provides unconscious dreams, looks into the unconscious part of the mind |
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| psychoanalytic criticism assumes |
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| the id, (unconscious, for needs and desires) and the libido (drive to gratify your needs and desires) the ego (The conscious part of the mind, the voice of reason) the superego (the subconscious) |
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| you may think your fantasy is crazy, but other people share it out there. |
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| is female driven, the myth is the troll is "fucking everything up in the town" The whole mythical aspect of good vs evil. The myth of buffy is that they had a birthright to be a witch. Buffy isn't your typical feminist. |
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| people get to fufill their butt kicking dreams |
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| semiotics is a process where we make meaning through symbols, the text is not absolute |
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| symbolic product that is larger than and individual sign |
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| multiple values that impact interpretation of the text |
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| watch the show to fit personal experience |
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| non linear, raw contents of the story |
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| symbolic bundles that can be substituted for one another. your interpretation of a symbol according to the text |
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| what we hear, read, and see; accuracy the truth needs to be known |
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| what is the text trying to tell us, look at the power of the discourse |
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| 3 kinds of rhetorical criticism |
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| formal criticism-content vs form (the way things are) considered the artsy form of criticisim. Form is more important than content. Not aout audience and persuasion |
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| persuasion, how does it persuade and how the story is being told |
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| accurate rhetorical approach |
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| judgements made about social principles. conscious judgements conflict. Seperate from your opinion, the truths have to be systematic or consistent |
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