The unabridged version of my Undergraduate dissertation An examination of superiority theory and power relations within the British sitcom Blackadder.
Superiority Theory and Power Relations within Blackadder: Unabridged Read Post »
There is a defining tonal shift in the last episode of Blackadder where the comedy stops and the audience realise the character’s deaths are near.
Application of theory to Blackadder’s last episode “Goodbyeee” Read Post »
Part 1 of a series of posts publishing my dissertation An examination of superiority theory and power relations within the British sitcom Blackadder.
Contextualizing Blackadder and introducing the research Read Post »
Interrogating Darryl Woodford ‘s Hanging out is hard to do: Methodology in non-avatar environments in relation to digital ethnography and EVE Online.
Digital Ethnography – Woodford (2012) Article Critique Read Post »
Authors of fanfiction can take extratextual themes and concepts and turn them into stories of their own and these stories are shared online.
Fanfiction – Henry Jenkins Read Post »
Investigating how Henry Jenkins defines fandom in their books Convergence Culture (2006) and Textual Poachers (2013).
Fan Culture – Henry Jenkins Read Post »
Introducing a series of posts investigating Henry Jenkins’ concepts of Convergence Culture and Transmedia Storytelling.
Henry Jenkins – Convergence Culture and Transmedia Storytelling Read Post »
Briefly summarising Jancovich’s ideas on genre in relation to horror and providing some suggestions for further reading and research.
Horror: Summarising Mark Jancovich’s ideas on genre Read Post »
Introducing ‘Transmedia Storytelling’, as originally discussed by Henry Jenkins in their 2006 book, Convergence Culture.
Transmedia Storytelling – Henry Jenkins Read Post »
This essay discusses how Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytical theory of The Uncanny (Freud, 2003), also known as Unheimlich is represented in Ridley Scott’s film Alien (1979), in relation to the film’s genre: Horror.
How is the unheimlich represented in Alien (1979)? Read Post »