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World Construction via Networking

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This pioneering study employs a multidisciplinary approach combining transmediality, network theory, and narratology to analyze the narrative network of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  • 14 May 2024
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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.
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Price: $75.00
Pages: 364
Publisher: transcript publishing
Imprint: transcript publishing
Series: Lettre
Publication Date: 14 May 2024
Trim Size: 9.45 X 6.10 in
ISBN: 9783837670981
Format: Paperback
BISACs: LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
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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.

Frontmatter 1
Contents 7
Introduction 11
1.1 Foundational Terms 21
1.2 Foundational Theories - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly 36
1.3 Foundation for a New Terminology 60
Introduction 67
2.1 Definition of Narrative Entity and Manifestation 72
2.2 Elements of Governance 76
2.3 Classification of Relationships 130
Introduction 141
Introduction 142
3.1.1 The MCU Films 143
3.1.2 The Marvel Netflix Universe (MNU) 211
3.1.3 The ABC Series 243
3.1.4 The Marvel Relationships 246
3.1.5 Lack of Connection 271
3.2.1 From Personal to Global to Cosmic and Beyond: Managing Expansion and Escalation 275
3.2.2 It's All Too Much: The Need for Clustering 293
3.2.3 Escalating the Network: Audience Creation and Maintenance 304
3.2.4 Endings and Beginnings Forever 314
4.1 Reflection on Practice: A short look at other Universes 323
4.2 Reflection on Theory: Researching Universes 331
Afterword 341
Film 345
Series 347
Comics 354
Books 355
Internet 356
Internet 359