Independent Reading List
Secondary Works:
Asimov, Isaac. Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection. Voyager, 1996.
Freeman, Matthew, and Renira R Gambarato, editors. The Routledge Companion to Transmedia Studies. Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2018.
Jenkins, Henry. Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. New York University Press, 2008.
Johnson, Derek. From Networks to Netflix: A Guide to Changing Channels. Routledge, 2018.
King, Stephen. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. Scribner, 2000. (new)
Payne, Matthew Thomas, and Nina Huntemann. How to Play Video Games. New York University Press, 2019.
Perren, Alisa, and Gregory Steirer. The American Comic Book Industry and Hollywood. British Film Institute, 2021.
Fawaz, Ramzi, et al. Keywords for Comics Studies. New York University Press, 2021.
Primary Works for Consideration:
Community . Created by Dan Harmon, season 1-6, 2006.
Supergiant Games. Hades. Version 1.0 for Windows PC. 2020.
Gaiman, Neil, and Terry Pratchett. Good Omens. Opus Press, 1993.
Toby Fox. Undertale. Version 1.0 for Windows PC. 2015.
Fraction, Matt, et al. Hawkeye. My Life as a Weapon. Marvel Entertainment, 2013.
TYPE-MOON. Fate/Grand Order DelightWorks Entertainment. Android/iOS. 2015
Araki, Hirohiko. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 7: Steel Ball Run. Shueisa, 2013.
Coppola, Sofia, director. Lost in Translation. Focus Features, 2003. (new)
Update:
After some darts throwing at things I liked, I found I wanted to do more of these primary texts listed above because they struck some significant narrative chord in me that I would like to explore further as a creative and a scholar. I’m still in the discovery process and I want to rehaul some of my secondary reading to slowly reflect what I might be aiming at for my thesis, but right now it’s just going with the flow of my interests and like a wise person (read: me) said in class: “if I ain’t interested I ain’t botherin”.
Journal to Review:
The Journal of Popular Culture (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15405931)
Keywords:
Mass media , film/television studies, Genre,
I developed this list with some assistance from Professor Greg Steirer in our very own English department. I am currently still a little undecided in my focus of scholarship, but I am primarily interested in mass media and visual media, especially more of the popular culture kind. This includes things like anime, manga, comics, video games, television and film. I am curious about publication histories, cross-media storytelling, the way different media works to tell stories within their format, adaptations, narratives and how diversity plays a part in representational storytelling.