Irony in The Twilight Zone: How the Series Critiqued Postwar American Culture
David Melbye
Rod Serling’s pioneering seriesTheTwilight Zone(1959 to 1964) is remembered for its surprise twist endings and pervading sense of irony.While other American television series of the time also experimented with ironic surprises, none depended on these as much as Serling’s. However, irony was not used merely as a structural device—Serling and his writers used it as a provocative means by which to comment on the cultural landscape of the time.
Irony inThe Twilight Zone: How the Series Critiqued Postwar American Cultureexplores the multiple types of irony—such as technological, invasive, martial, sociopolitical, and domestic—that Serling, Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, and other contributors employed in the show. David Melbye explains how each kind of irony critiqued of a specific aspect of American culture and how all of them informed one another, creating a larger social commentary. This book also places the show’s use of irony in historical and philosophical contexts, connecting it to a rich cultural tradition reaching back to ancient Greece.
The Twilight Zoneendures because it uses irony to negotiate its definitively modernist moment of “high” social consciousness and “low” cultural escapism. With its richly detailed, frequently unexpected readings of episodes,Irony inThe Twilight Zone offers scholars and fans a fresh and unique lens through which to view the classic series.
Irony inThe Twilight Zone: How the Series Critiqued Postwar American Cultureexplores the multiple types of irony—such as technological, invasive, martial, sociopolitical, and domestic—that Serling, Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, and other contributors employed in the show. David Melbye explains how each kind of irony critiqued of a specific aspect of American culture and how all of them informed one another, creating a larger social commentary. This book also places the show’s use of irony in historical and philosophical contexts, connecting it to a rich cultural tradition reaching back to ancient Greece.
The Twilight Zoneendures because it uses irony to negotiate its definitively modernist moment of “high” social consciousness and “low” cultural escapism. With its richly detailed, frequently unexpected readings of episodes,Irony inThe Twilight Zone offers scholars and fans a fresh and unique lens through which to view the classic series.
عام:
2015
الناشر:
Rowman & Littlefield
اللغة:
english
الصفحات:
254
ISBN 10:
1442260319
ISBN 13:
9781442260313
سلسلة الكتب:
Science Fiction Television
ملف:
PDF, 1.38 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2015
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