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In recent years, the study of unnatural narratives has become an
exciting new but still disparate research program in narrative
theory. For the first time, this collection of essays presents and
discusses the new analytical tools that have so far been developed
on the basis of unnatural novels, short stories, and plays and
extends these findings through analyses of testimonies, comics,
graphic novels, films, and oral narratives. Many narratives do not
only mimetically reproduce the world as we know it but confront us
with strange narrative worlds which rely on principles that have
very little to do with the actual world around us. The essays in
this collection develop new narratological tools and modeling
systems which are designed to capture the strangeness and
extravagance of such anti-realist narratives. Taken together, the
essays offer a systematic investigation of anti-mimetic techniques
and strategies that relate to different narrative parameters,
different media, and different periods within literary history.
This collection considers new phenomena emerging in a convergence
environment from the perspective of adaptation studies. The
contributions take the most prominent methods within the field to
offer reconsiderations of theoretical concepts and practices in
participatory culture, transmedia franchises, and new media
adaptations. The authors discuss phenomena ranging from mash-ups of
novels and YouTube cover songs to negotiations of authorial control
and interpretative authority between media producers and fan
communities to perspectives on the fictional and legal framework of
brands and franchises. In this fashion, the collection expands the
horizons of both adaptation and transmedia studies and provides
reassessments of frequently discussed (BBC's Sherlock or the LEGO
franchise) and previously largely ignored phenomena
(self-censorship in transnational franchises, mash-up novels, or
YouTube cover videos).
In the past decades, children of immigrants have drawn increased
attention not only in press and media, but also in a number of
academic fields, among them sociology, history, or ethnology.
Surprisingly, literary and cultural studies have been somewhat more
reluctant to approach the topic. While there is work on individual
authors or, at the very most, particular ethnic groups, comparative
approaches are rare. This monograph aims to amend this. It provides
an extensive discussion of US-American literature about children of
immigrants, comparing different authors, different ethnic groups
and different literary and historical contexts.
From "Avatar" to danced versions of "Romeo and Juliet", from
Bollywood films to "Star Wars Uncut": This book investigates film
remakes as well as forms of remaking in other media, such as ballet
and internet fan art. The case studies introduce readers to a
variety of texts and remaking practices from different cultural
spheres. The essays also discuss forms of remaking in relation to
neighbouring phenomena like the sequel, prequel and
(re-)adaptation. "Remakes and Remaking" thus provides a necessary
and topical addition to the recent conceptual scholarship on
intermediality, transmediality and adaptation.
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