Accueil
Tous les produits
Romans & Littérature
Livres de référence
Critiques, essais et analyses de littérature
Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture

Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture

Name: Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: John G. G. Cawelti
ISBN: 9780226098678

John G. G. Cawelti

15/07/1977
University Of Chicago Press

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture par John G. G. Cawelti

Résumé

In this first general theory for the analysis of popular literary formulas, John G. Cawelti reveals the artistry that underlies the best in formulaic literature. Cawelti discusses such seemingly diverse works as Mario Puzo's The Godfather, Dorothy Sayers's The Nine Tailors, and Owen Wister's The Virginian in the light of his hypotheses about the cultural function of formula literature. He describes the most important artistic characteristics of popular formula stories and the differences between this literature and that commonly labeled "high" or "serious" literature. He also defines the archetypal patterns of adventure, mystery, romance, melodrama, and fantasy, and offers a tentative account of their basis in human psychology.