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Narrative Genre And Culture Analysis Of American Crime Show In New Century

Posted on:2017-11-03Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330488490718Subject:Theater, film and television
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Crime show is one of the main genre of American TV series. The crime genre could go back to the Police play of 1950 s. Today, crime show could be divided in two kinds as their plot pattern, which could be divided into detective show and criminal show. Those two kinds have different comprise way of narrative patterns and characters.In the new century, ” space” of the crime show was constructed on the base of modern American city. Crime show stories occur in contemporary, and these main elements of stories' development is criminal case, use the crime act or anti-crime act as the theme, and regard the case solved as the end. Police officers or law enforcement officers, criminals or law breakers are the major figures in crime shows.Crime show use the science technology discourse satisfied audience with the fiction curiosity and intellectual curiosity, incentive the audiences' peep thrill with violent plot.Crime shows depend on American television industry, the commercial rules influenced the story generate. Furthermore, with the cable television and internet popularized, and miniature TV drama emerged, artistic of crime show has released the commercial rules a lot. Crime show not only be the artistic form which entertains the masses, but also expresses the society mainstream value. It provides the fictional description which could feed audience the life experiences. In the new century, the evolving crime show present and interpret the most sharp conflicts of society,accomplished historical and dramatic narration in realistic angle in contemporary time of American society.
Keywords/Search Tags:American Series, genre, crime show, television
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