MA Serial Storytelling

Reading List

Overview

1. Englisch Language Texts

1.1 General References

1.1.1 Narratology and general Research
1.1.2 Screenwriting and Dramaturgy
1.1.3 Creative Techniques

1.2 Media Sciences

1.3 Serial Storytelling

1.3.1 TV-Series
1.3.2 Collaboration
1.3.3 New Media / Transmedia
1.3.4 Innovation / Design Thinking

2. German Language Texts

1. 1. Englisch Language Texts (incl. Translations)

1.1. 1.1 General References

1.1.1 Narratology

Bal, Mieke
Narratology. Introduction to the Theory of Narrative.
University of Toronto. Toronto 2009

Barthes, Roland
The Pleasure of the Text
Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York 1980

Borges, Jorge Luis

This Craft of Verse
Harvard University Press. Cambridge (Massachussetts) und London (England) 2002

Brecht, Bertolt
The Development of an Aesthetic. Translated by John Willet
Hill and Wang. New York 1977

Calvino, Italo
Six Memos for the Next Millenium
Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachussetts 1988

Campbell, Joseph
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
New World Library. Novato 2012

Carney, Ray
Cassavetes on Cassavetes
Faber & Faber. New York/London 2001

Cixous, Hélène
The Laugh of the Medusa. Aus dem Französischen übersetzt von Keith Cohen, Paula Cohen
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1976

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Crary, Jonathan
Techniques of the Observer: On Vision and Modernity in the 19th Century
The MIT Press, Cambridge (Massachussets) 1992

Cronin, Paul / Herzog, Werner

Herzog on Herzog
Faber & Faber, New York/London 2002

Eagleton, Terry
Literary Theory: An Introduction
University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis 2008

Elkins, James
Six Stories from the End of Representation
Stanford University Press, Stanford 2008

Freud, Sigmund
Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, Hrsg. by James Strachey
Hogharth Press, London 1968

Hermann, David (Hrsg.)

The Cambridge Companion to Narrative
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2011

Lodge, David / Wood, Nigel (Hrsg.)

Modern Criticism and Theory
Longman, Harlow 2008

Nietzsche, Friedrich
The Birth of the Tragedy from the Spirit of Music. Revised Student Edition
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2012

Olsen, Greta
Current Trends in Narratology
De Gryter, Berlin/New York 2011

Rank, Otto
The Myth of the Birth of the Hero: A Psychological Exploration of Myth
Johns Hopkins University Press, New York 2004

Segal, Robert A.
Myth: A Very Short Introduction
Oxford University Press, New York 2004

1.1.2 Screenwriting and Dramaturgy

Aronson, Linda:
The 21st-Century Screenplay: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing Tomorrow's Films
Silman-James Press, Los Angeles 2011

Cunningham, Keith
The Soul of Screenwriting
Bloomsbury Academic, New York 2008

Egri, Lajos:
The Art of Dramatic Writing
Simon & Schuster, New York 2001

Gulino, Paul
Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach
Bloomsbury Academic, New York 2004

Howard, David:
The Tools of Screenwriting: A Writer's Guide to the Craft and Elements of a Screenplay
St. Martin’s Press, New York 1993

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Hutzler, Laurie
How to Evaluate Stories
Amazon Digital Services.

Keane, Christopher
How to Write a Selling Screenplay
Three Rivers Press, New York 1998

McKee, Robert:
Story. Structure, Substance, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting
Regan Books, New York 1997

Parker, Philip
The Art and Science of Screenwriting
Intellect Books, Exeter 2002

Redvall Vovrup, Eva

Teaching Screenwriting in a Time of Storytelling Blindness: The Meeting of the Auteur and the
Screenwriting Tradition in Danish Filmmaking
Journal of Screenwriting, Volume 1, No. 1, 2010

Seger, Linda
Making a Good Script Great
Silman-James Press, Beverly Hills 2010

Seger, Linda
Creating Unforgettable Characters: Practical Guide to Character Development in Films, TV Series,
Advertisements, Novels and Short Stories
Henry Holt, New York 1990

Snyder, Blake
Save the Cat
Michael Wiese Productions, Studio City 2005

Vogler, Christopher:
The Writers Journey
Michael Wiese Productions, Studio City 2007

Vorhaus, John
The Comic Toolbox
Silman-James Press, Beverly Hills 1997

1.1.3 Creative Techniques

Goldberg, Bonni:
Room to Write
Jeremy P. Tarcher, Los Angeles 1996

Johnstone, Keith:
Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
Routledge, London 2012

Johnstone, Keith:
Impro for Storytellers
Faber and Faber, New York/London 1999

Osborn, Alex F.
Applied Imagination – Principles and Procedures of Creating Writing
Iyer Press, 2011

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1.2 Media Sciences

Barabasi, Albert-Laszlo.
Linked: How Everything is Connected to Everything Else and What it Means for Business, Science, and
Everyday Life.
Plume, New York 2003.

Bennett, James and Niki Strange (Hrsg.).

Television as Digital Media.
Duke University Press, Durham 2011.

Castells, Manuel.
The Rise of the Network Society.
Blackwell Publishers, Malden (MA) 2000.

Jenkins, Henry, et al.

Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Meaning in a Networked Culture.
New York University Press, London/New York 2013.

McLuhan, Marshall:
Understanding Media (Routledge Classics).
Taylor and Francis, London 2001

Spigel, Lynn and Jan Olsson (Hrsg.).

Television after TV. Essays on a Medium in Transition.
Duke University Press, Durham 2004.

Sunstein, Bonnie Stone

FieldWorking. Reading and Writing Research
St. Martin's, Bedford 2011

1.3. Serial Storytelling

1.3.1 TV-Series

Abbott, Stacey
The Cult TV Book: From Star Trek to Dexter, New Approaches to TV Outside the Box
Soft Skull Press, New York 2010

Allrath, Gaby / Gymnich, Marion (Hrsg.)

Narrative Strategies in Television Series
Palgrave Macmillan, Vancouver 2006

Butler, Jeremy
Television: Critical Methods and Applications
Routledge, New York 2011

Del Valle, Robert

The One-Hour Drama: Producing Episodic Television
Silman-James Press, Beverly Hills 2008

Douglas, Pamela
Writing the TV Drama Series. How to Succeed as a Professional Writer in TV
Michael Wiese Productions, Studio City 2011

Dreher, Christoph (Hrsg.)

Autorenserien / Auteur Series: Die Neuerfindung des Fernsehens / The Re-Invention of Television
Merz Akademie, Stuttgart 2010

Dreher, Christoph (Hrsg.)

Autorenserien II/Auteur Series II. Quality TV in den USA und Europa / Quality TV in the USA and Europe
Merz Akademie, Stuttgart 2014

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Gibbs, Nicholas
Writing Television Drama
The McGraw-Hill Companies, London 2013

Gwenllian-Jones, Sara/Pearson, E. Roberta

Cult Television
University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis 2004

Hammond, Michael und Mazdon, Lucy (Hrsg.)

The Contemporary Television Series
Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 2005

Jenkins, Henry
The John Fiske Collection: Television Culture
Routledge. New York 2010

Kallas, Christina
Inside the Writers' Room: Conversations with American TV Writers
Palgrave, Basingstoke 2014

Lofland, Lee
Police Procedure and Investigation. A Guide for Writers.
Writers’ Digest Books, Ohio 2007

Brett, Martin
Difficult Men: From The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad
Penguin, New York 2013

McCabe, Janet und Akass, Kim (Hrsg.)

Quality TV: Contemporary American Television and Beyond
I.B.Tauris, New York/London 2007

Meyers, Lawrence (Hrsg.)

Inside the TV Writer’s Room. Practical Advice for Succeeding in Television
Syracuse University Press, New York 2010

Mittell, Jason
Complex TV: The Poetics of Contemporary Television Storytelling
The Velvet Light Trap 58, 2006

Nesselhauf, Jonas / Schleich Markus (Hrsg.)

Journal of Serial Narration on Television
Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken 2013

O‘ Donnell, Victoria J.
Television Criticism
Sage Publications, London 2007

Pérez-Gomez, Miguel A.
Previously on. Interdisciplinary Studies on TV Series in the Third Golden Age of Television
Biblioteca de la Facultad de Comunicación de la Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla 2011

Piazza, Roberta / Bednarek, Monika / Rossi, Fabio

Telecinematic Discourse: Approaches to the Language of Films and Television Series
John Benjamins Publishing Company, Amsterdam 20112

Priggé, Steven
Created By: Inside the Minds of TV's Top Show Creators
Silman-James Press, Beverly Hills 2005

Rabkin, William
Writing the Pilot
Moon & Sun & Whiskey Inc., Pasadena 2011

Sepinwall, Alan
The Revolution Was Televised: The Cops, Crooks, Slingers, and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever
Simon and Schuster, New York 201

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Smith, Evan S.
Writing Television Sitcoms
Perigee Trade, New York 2009

Wirth, John/Jeff Melvoin

Writing for Episodic TV. From Freelance to Showrunner.
Writers Guild of America, West/East. 2004

1.3.2 Collaboration

Belbin, Meredith, R
Team Roles at Work
Taylor and Francis, London, 1993

Bennis, Warren / Biedermann, Patricia Ward

Organizing Genius: The Secrets of Creative Collaboration
Basic Books. New York 1998

Dana, Daniel und Formisano, Roger A.

Conflict Resolution. Mediation Tools for Everyday Worklife
Mcgraw-Hill Professional, New York 2000

Hofstede, Geert, Hofstede, Gert Jan und Minkov, Michael

Culture and Organizations – Software of the Mind: Intercultural Cooperation and Its Importance for
Survival
Mcgraw-Hill Professional, New York 2010

Johnson, Claudia / Stevens, Matt

Script Partners. What Makes Film and TV Writing Teams Work
Michael Wiese Productions, Studio City 2003

Spence, Muneera U.
Graphic Design: Collaborative Processes = Understanding Self and Others Collaborative Processes
Oregon State University Press, Fairbanks 2006

Gardner, Howard
Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Basic Books, New York 2011

Katzenbach, Jon R.
The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization
Harper Business, New York 2006

1.3.3 New Media / Transmedia

Brown, Ross
Byte Sized Television: Create your own TV Series for the Internet
Michael Wiese Productions, Studio City 2011

Carey, Brainard
New Markets for Artists: How to Sell, Fund Projects, and Exhibit Using Social Media, DIY Pop-Ups, eBay,
Kickstarter, and Much More
Skyhorse Publishing, New York 2012

Clarke, M.J.
Transmedia Television: New Trends in Network Serial Production
Continuum, New York/London 2013

Jenkins, Henry
Convergence Culture – Where Old and New Media Collide
New York Press, New York/London 2006

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Kackman, Michael u.a.
Flow TV: Television in the Age of Media Convergence
Routledge, New York 2010

Leverett, Marc, Brian L. Ott, Cara Louise Buckley

It’s not TV. Watching HBO in the Post-Television Era
Routledge, New York 2008

Phillips, Andrea
A Creator's Guide to Transmedia Storytelling: How to Captivate and Engage Audiences Across Multiple
Platforms
The McGraw-Hill Companies, London 2012

William, Dan
Web TV Series: How to Make and Market Them
Amazon Digital Services, 2012

1.3.4 Innovation / Design Thinking

Brown, Tim
Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation.
HarperBusiness, New York 2009

Cross, Nigel
Design Thinking: Understanding How Designers Think and Work
Berg Publishers, Oxford 2011

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly
Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
Harper Perennial, New York 1997

Gabler, Neal
Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination
Alfred A. Knopf, New York 2009

Hillman, James
The Myth of Analysis: Three Essays in Archetypal Psychology
Northwestern Univ Pr, Illinois 1998

Isaacson, Walter
Steve Jobs: A Biography
Simon & Schuster, New York 2011

Kelley, Tom
The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America's Leading Design Firm
Crown Business, New York 2001

Kleon, Austin
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
Workman Publishing, New York 2012

Marcum, James
After the Information Age: A Dynamic Learning Manifesto
Peter Lang Publishing, New York, Bern, Berlin, Brüssel, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien 2006

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2. German Language Texts

Benke, Dagmar & Christian Routh:

Script Development. Im Team zum guten Drehbuch.
UVK Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Konstanz 2006 (=Praxis Film 30)

Blanchet, Robert et. al (Hrsg.)

Serielle Formen: Von den frühen Film-Serials zu aktuellen Quality-TV- und Onlineserien
Schüren, Marburg 2010

Bornemann, Stefan
Kooperation und Kollaboration: Das Kreative Feld als Weg zu innovativer Teamarbeit
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2012

Carrière, Jean Claude & Pascal Bonitzer:

Praxis des Drehbuchschreibens. Über das Geschichtenerzählen. Aus dem Französischen von Susanne Alge,
bearbeitet von Barbara Engelhardt. Alexander Verlag, Berlin 1999

Eschke, Gunter & Rudolf Bohne:

Bleiben Sie dran!: Dramaturgie von TV-Serien
UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, Konstanz 20102 (= Praxis Film, Band 52)

Eichner, Susanne:
Transnationale Serienkultur: Theorie, Ästhetik, Narration und Rezeption Neuer Fernsehserien
Springer VS, Heidelberg 2013

Eick, Dennis:
Programmplanung: Die Strategien deutscher TV-Sender (Praxis Film)
UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, Konstanz 2007 (= Praxis Film, Band 57)

Feil, Georg:
Fortsetzung folgt: Schreiben für die Serie
UVK Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Konstanz 2006 (=Praxis Film 29)

Hammann, Joachim:
Die Heldenreise im Film.
Zweitausendeins, Frankfurt am Main. 2007

Hant, C. P.:
Das Drehbuch. Praktische Filmdramaturgie.
Verlag Zweitausendeins, Frankfurt am Main 1999

Kallas, Christina:
Kreatives Drehbuchschreiben.
UVK Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Konstanz 20122 (=Praxis Film 33)

Karstens, Eric und Schütte, Jörg:

Firma Fernsehen.
Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 1999

Kelleter, Frank (Hrsg.).

Populäre Serialität. Narration – Evolution – Distinktion. Zum seriellen Erzählen seit dem 19. Jahrhundert.
Transcript, Bielefeld 2012.

Kinder, Ralf und Wieck, Thomas:

Zum Schreien komisch, zum Heulen schön. Die Macht des Filmgenres.
Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Köln 2001

Piepiorka, Christine
Lost in Narration: Narrativ komplexe Serienformate in einem transmedialen Umfeld
ibidem-Verlag, Stuttgart 2011

Rothemund, Kathrin
Komplexe Welten: Narrative Strategien in US-amerikanischen Fernsehserien
Bertz und Fischer, Berlin 2012

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Schütte, Jörg:
Praxishandbuch Fernsehen: Wie TV-Sender arbeiten.
VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2013

Schütte, Oliver
»Schau mir in die Augen, Kleines« Die Kunst der Dialoggestaltung.
UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, Konstanz 2010 (= Praxis Film, Band 57)

Varga von Kibed, Matthias und Sparrer, Insa:

Ganz im Gegenteil. Tetralemmaarbeit und andere Grundformen Systemischer Strukturaufstellungen.
Carl-Auer-Verlag, Heidelberg 20055

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