Storytelling

Storytelling

lecture in DCU course
Social History and TV Drama
taught by Dr Helena Sheehan

What are stories ?
Why do we tell them ?
What forces shape our stories ?
What is their function in the society in which they are told ?
How is narrative structured ?
What is myth ?
What is drama ?
What do ancient myths have in common with contemporary television serials ?

reading: Story / Myth / Dream / Drama

links

Social History and TV Drama
Story / Myth / Dream / Drama
Interrogating TV Drama
Irish Television Drama: A Society and Its Stories
The Continuing Story of Irish Television Drama
Soap Opera and Social Order

E-mail:helena.sheehan@dcu.ie