Transmedial Narratology and Contemporary Media Culture

It has become something of a cliche within the field of narratologyto assert the commercial, aesthetic, and sociocultural relevance ofnarrative representations, but the fact remains that narratives areeverywhere. Whenever we read a novel or a comic, watch a film or anepisode of our favorite televisi [...]
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It has become something of a cliche within the field of narratologyto assert the commercial, aesthetic, and sociocultural relevance ofnarrative representations, but the fact remains that narratives areeverywhere. Whenever we read a novel or a comic, watch a film or anepisode of our favorite television series, or play the latest video game,we are likely to engage with narrative media. Similarly, the intermedialadaptations and transmedial entertainment franchises that havebecome increasingly visible during the past few decades are, at theircore, narrative forms. Since a significant part of contemporary mediaculture is defined by the narratives we tell each other via various media,media studies need a genuinely transmedial narratology.Focusing on the intersubjective construction of storyworlds as wellas on prototypical forms of narratorial and subjective representation,Transmedial Narratology and Contemporary Media Culture providesnot only a method for the analysis of salient transmedial strategiesof narrative representation in contemporary films, comics, and videogames but also a theoretical frame within which medium-specific approachesfrom literary and film narratology, from comics studies andgame studies, and from various other strands of media and culturalstudies may be employed to further our understanding of narrativesacross media.