Game of Thrones: Quality Television and the Cultural Logic of Gentrification

Abstract

Écho et reprise dans les séries télévisées (III) : de la métafiction à la transmédialité

The phonology of the Northern, the Southern and the foreign in Game of Thrones

“…It is also and perhaps even more visible in its uncompromising dedication to premium cable's familiar kind of 'most objectionable programming' involving sex and violence. […] But while some of the most noticeable characteristics of traditional fantasy fiction have been tweaked or altered to adapt to the show's envisioned audience, Game of Thrones' rewriting of genre conventions leaves the most ideologically problematic building blocks largely intact 215 .…”

From the books to the screens, to the memes and beyond: Fans’ notions of Game of Thrones as an adaptation

“…The series shines as innovative and edgy while remaining tasteful to appeal to wide mainstream audiences. In other words, GoT achieved a double adaptation; on the one hand, it presents a fantasy narrative -albeit internally realistsuccessfully made mainstream, and, on the other hand, it feels like a cinematic experience brought to TV (Hassler-Forest 2014).…”

“…Let us now turn our attention to the cultural legitimacy of media forms independent of their content. Television series are already the dominant narrative for the twenty-first century, as film was for the twentieth century, and novel had been for the nineteenth century (Hassler-Forest 2014;Mittell 2006Mittell , 2015. However, for some academic communities, this historical development necessarily implies a decreased level of legitimacy and, subsequently, decreased cultural value.…”

“Nitelikli Televizyon”: Netflix Platformunda “Nitelikli Drama”nın Yeniden İnşası

“…Netflix ve HBO'nun sıklıkla birlikte anılması tesadüfi değildir. Medya alanında çalışan bilim adamları tarafından HBO, nitelikli televizyon olarak adlandırılan kavramın öncü temsilcisi olarak kabul edilmektedir (Bourdaa, 2011;Cardwell S. , 2007;Feuer, 2007;Hassler-Forest, 2014;McCabe & Akass, 2008;Nelson, 2007;Thompson R. , 1996).…”