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W poprzednim sezonie… Krótka historia amerykańskiego serialu telewizyjnego

Publication date: 29.06.2016

Media Research Issues, 2016, Volume 59, Issue 1 (225), pp. 16 - 31

https://doi.org/10.4467/2299-6362PZ.16.002.5179

Authors

Bolesław Racięski
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Institute of Audiovisual Arts, Kraków
, Poland
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W poprzednim sezonie… Krótka historia amerykańskiego serialu telewizyjnego

Abstract

The Previous Season’s Recap: Short History of the TV Series


The article depicts the essential issues related to the development television series from the fifties to the nineties of the twentieth century, with the particular focus on the American media production. The first part of the article illustrates the beginnings of serial narrative: serialized novels and silent film serials. The following sections relate to, among others: reshaping of a situation comedy, the transformation of episodic series into continuing serials and conditions for the creation of quality television dramas and propagating experimental narratives. The article depicts the textual changes of the tv series, as well as their social and technological contexts.

 

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Information

Information: Media Research Issues, 2016, Volume 59, Issue 1 (225), pp. 16 - 31

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

W poprzednim sezonie… Krótka historia amerykańskiego serialu telewizyjnego

English:

The Previous Season’s Recap: Short History of the TV Series

Authors

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Institute of Audiovisual Arts, Kraków
Poland

Published at: 29.06.2016

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Bolesław Racięski (Author) - 100%

Article corrections:

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Publication languages:

Polish