Transmedia storytelling : Pemberley Digital's adaptations of Jane Austen and Mary Shelley / by Jennifer Camden and Kate Faber Oestreich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Camden, Jennifer, author.

Oestreich, Kate Faber, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital storytelling.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

This volume charts the evolution of Pemberley Digital's transmedia adaptations of nineteenth-century novels in order to interrogate the uneasy relationship between transmedia storytelling and consumer culture. It first examines two Austen-centered films, Lost in Austen and Austenland, that present "immersive" Austen experiences that anticipate Pemberley Digital's transmedia adaptations, bridging traditional film adaptations and transmedia's participatory culture. Subsequent chapters turn to Pemberley Digital's transmedia adaptations of Austen's and Shelley's novels to argue that, although such adaptations may appear feminist in their emphasis on female protagonists, their larger narratives expose a subtext of anxiety about unstable gender roles, financial vulnerability, and the undervaluation of career-specific skill sets, both for the characters and the production company itself. The study provides a robust theoretical framework within which to read transmedia adaptations of "classic literature," illuminating both the potential of, and the challenges facing, digital and transmedia storytellers and participants.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5275-2341-1

OCLC:

1183030692