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World Construction via Networking The Storytelling Mechanics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Christopher Joseph Hansen
- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Hansen, Christopher Joseph <p>Christopher Joseph Hansen, Universität Siegen, Deutschland</p>, Author.
- Series:
- Lettre Series
- Lettre
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Film.
- Narrative.
- Worldbuilding.
- Shared Universe.
- Narratology.
- Literature.
- Popular Culture.
- American Studies.
- Comic.
- Literary Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Film.
- Narrative.
- Worldbuilding.
- Shared Universe.
- Narratology.
- Literature.
- Popular Culture.
- American Studies.
- Comic.
- Literary Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (364 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Hansen, World Construction via Networking The Storytelling Mechanics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2024
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- Christopher Joseph Hansen is a scholar specializing in literary studies, media studies, transmediality, and narratology. He holds a master's degree in transnational literary studies from Universität Bremen and completed his Ph.D. thesis at Universität Siegen. His research interests include the interplay of media, narrative structures, popular culture, and creative writing.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Doctoral Thesis Universität Siegen 2022
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 3-8394-7098-6
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