Transmedial Narratology and Contemporary Media Culture

Jan-NoËl Thon is an assistant professor in media studies and digital media culture at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is the coeditor of a number of books on narrative and media studies, including Storyworlds across Media: Toward a Media-Conscious Narratology (Nebraska, 2014) and Subjectivity across Media: Interdisciplinary and Transmedial Perspectives.

"Thorough, well-grounded in prominent theory, and useful for scholars of contemporary media and narrative theory."-Erica McCrystal, Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics "An excellent contribution to transmedial narratology."-Hans-Joachim Backe, Diegesis: Interdisciplinary E-Journal for Narrative Research “A cutting-edge contribution to transmedial narratology. . . . A highly recommended book and a solid foundation for further development in its field/s.”-Jan Horstmann, Style “Thon successfully fills the gap of a foundation for transmedial narratology that is remarkable as much for its precise critical re-examination of established narratological terms and concepts as for its own clear terminology and conceptualizations that provide fertile ground for future research.”-Michelle Herte, European Comic Art "An extremely valuable contribution to the efforts of achieving a truly transmedial perspective without losing sight of the media-specific aspects of texts."-Sarah E. Beyvers, KULT Online “The work is a meticulous survey of media and narratological scholarship, and one which seems a strong foundation upon which to establish future ‘building blocks’ of the transmedial narratology project.”-Fiona Farnsworth, ImageTexT “This book is a sustained and utterly convincing demonstration of transmedial narrative theory’s ability to address the construction of twenty-first-century storyworlds in films, comics, and video games.”-Jared Gardner, author of Projections: Comics and the History of Twenty-First-Century Storytelling “The adage that ‘narrative is everywhere’ has always been in need of a theoretical frame and method for analysis, and Thon’s carefully argued and well-researched book takes an important step toward such a genuinely transmedial narratology.”-Karin Kukkonen, author of Contemporary Comics Storytelling “This is a unique feat of narratology, deployed upon an impressive repertoire of contemporary media culture. There simply is no other book that so thoroughly and precisely develops the concept of transmediality.”-Susana P. Tosca, coauthor of Understanding Video Games: The Essential Introduction

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Toward a Transmedial NarratologyPart 1. Storyworlds across Media2. The Storyworld as a Transmedial Concept3. Narrative Representation across MediaPart 2. Narrators across Media4. The Narrator as a Transmedial Concept5. Narratorial Representation across MediaPart 3. Subjectivity across Media6. Subjectivity as a Transmedial Concept7. Subjective Representation across MediaConclusionNotesWorks CitedIndex