Television Drama
Research into the significance of television drama.
Place of television drama in the schedules. The changing face of television drama. Issues of
“quality”/dumbing down. Drama documentaries/”faction”. Representations of social groups.
Drama series and serials. Soap operas. Comedy drama, costume drama. Literary
adaptations. High culture v low culture debate. Audience reception of TV drama. Historical
development. Notions of authorship in television drama. Relationships of genre to television
institutions.
Representations of teenagers in TV drama.
Skins
Waterloo Road
Eastenders
Buffy
Reading:
stuff on representations of youth
The Teen Series chapter from The TV Genre Book
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