Script and the Small Screen: TV Drama

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) Television drama exerts an undeniable impact on our culture. This may be partly due to complexities that underlie its ostensible simplicity. This course focuses on the narrative strategies that teleplay writers in drama series have employed to maintain viewer interest despite frequent interruptions and breaks from episode to episode or season to season. The course examines recent drama series. While it is particularly aimed at those interested in screenwriting, it is valuable to anyone who wants to understand how series television narrative works. Note: This course can be used towards the Humanities Requirement.