TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hansen,Christopher Joseph
TI  - World Construction via Networking: The Storytelling Mechanics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe 
T2  - Lettre
SN  - 9783839470985
PY  - 2024///]
CY  - Bielefeld
PB  - transcript Verlag
KW  - American Studies
KW  - Comic
KW  - Literary Studies
KW  - Literature
KW  - Narrative
KW  - Narratology
KW  - Popular Culture
KW  - Shared Universe
KW  - Worldbuilding
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1 The Foundation --; 1.1 Foundational Terms --; 1.2 Foundational Theories – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly --; 1.3 Foundation for a New Terminology --; 2 The Universe Model --; Introduction --; 2.1 Definition of Narrative Entity and Manifestation --; 2.2 Elements of Governance --; 2.3 Classification of Relationships --; 3 The Mechanics --; Introduction --; 3.1 The MCU Network --; Introduction --; 3.1.1 The MCU Films --; 3.1.2 The Marvel Netflix Universe (MNU) --; 3.1.3 The ABC Series --; 3.1.4 The Marvel Relationships --; 3.1.5 Lack of Connection --; 3.2 Understanding the Mechanics of The Marvel Cinematic Universe --; 3.2.1 From Personal to Global to Cosmic and Beyond: Managing Expansion and Escalation --; 3.2.2 It’s All Too Much: The Need for Clustering --; 3.2.3 Escalating the Network: Audience Creation and Maintenance --; 3.2.4 Endings and Beginnings Forever --; 4 Reflections --; 4.1 Reflection on Practice: A short look at other Universes --; 4.2 Reflection on Theory: Researching Universes --; Afterword --; References --; Primary Sources --; Film --; Series --; Comics --; Books --; Internet --; Secondary Sources --; Internet; restricted access
N2  - With the mainstream's growing acceptance of worlds and storytelling spread among several different texts - e.g., films, television series, novels, and comics - this pioneering study employs a multidisciplinary approach combining transmediality, network theory, and narratology to analyze the narrative network of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In this analysis, Christopher Hansen thoroughly examines storytelling techniques while providing a fresh theoretical framework to develop a structural model for interconnected narratives. He redefines our understanding of narrative dynamics in one of the most successful cinematic franchises of all time
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839470985?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783839470985
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783839470985/original
ER  -