GETR 3393
Serial Media
Course Description
Disciplines
Artistic, Interpretive, & Philosophical Inquiry, Historical Perspectives, Second Writing
In this class we will explore the historical context of serial media, from the journal projects of the German Romantics to the second golden age of television. After a historical survey and a discussion of terminology ("series," "serial") we will examine certain specific "series" including Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers, Marcel Duchamp's Ready-mades, or the German Netflix show "Dark."