[ecrea] CfP SERIES. International Journal of TV Serial Narratives

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    SERIES Vol 5 No 2 – Television Serials in Asia – Call for papers

This themed issue of /Series/ aims to contribute to the study of 
television serials produced in the Asian region and make them more 
widely known. The television serial is a prominent expression of popular 
culture across Asia, especially in China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea 
and Taiwan, but has not been extensively studied.

While we would welcome a range of approaches, we are particularly 
interested in perspectives that emphasize our cognitive, emotional, and 
aesthetic engagement with the form. One focus may be on the analysis of 
specific narrative and stylistic features of the television serial. How 
do the multiple elements of television programs interact and contribute 
to seriality? For instance, how do performance or sound design help 
shape seriality? We are also interested in explorations of the 
particular aesthetic effects and achievements of Asian television 
serials. We welcome close analyses, case studies, or broader theoretical 
discussions grounded in close attention to the form and style of Asian 
television serials.

The following are possible topics, but other topics are welcome:

  * Cognitive and/or narratological approaches to the study of narrative
    forms and devices—e.g. narrative suspense, narrative closure,
    cliffhangers—and their impact on viewer response.
  * Case studies analyzing how stylistic elements contribute to a
    program’s seriality, interacting with narrative and performance.
  * Ways of maintaining a rhythm between contained episodes and ongoing
    seriality.
  * Relationships between seriality and temporality in serials produced
    in cultures where temporality is circular, not linear (at least as a
    narrative convention).
  * The specificity of particular genres.
  * The successful formula in Japan of adapting manga or anime to live
    action drama, and its extension beyond Japan.
  * Circulation of TV serials via transcultural remakes.
  * Cinematography, mise-en-scene and editing in television serials.
  * The aesthetic experience and reflexivity of online fans of drama –
    e.g., Chinese fans of Japanese drama, as seen on the Taiwan-based
    website /Dorama/ or the /Dramabeans/ site (in English) about Korean
    drama.
  * The casting of popular young actors, such as pop group “idols,” as a
    facet of character design and viewer engagement. Why does the
    strategy sometimes fail?
  * Various functions of music and/or other non-narrative elements in
    serials.
  * Discussions of the interaction between artistic or aesthetic
    achievement with moral, political, social, and/or educational values
    in television serials.


      Guidelines for Submission

Please send proposals of no longer than 300 words plus a short CV (up to 
300 words) to:

Dr Sung-Ae Lee: (sung-ae.lee /at/ mq.edu.au) <mailto:(sung-ae.lee /at/ mq.edu.au)>

Deadline for proposals: *2 July 2018*

The editors will respond to proposals by: *6 August 2018*.

Full submissions of no more than 10,000 words and conforming to 
/Series/’ house style will then be due with the Editors by *March 4th 2019*.

https://series.unibo.it/index

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