Metalepsis in Popular Culture / / ed. by Karin Kukkonen, Sonja Klimek.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: BEN-MERRE, DAVID,; FEYERSINGER, ERWIN,; FRICKE, HARALD,; HOFER, ROBERTA,; KEAZOR, HENRY,; KLIMEK, SONJA,; KUKKONEN, KARIN,; LIMOGES, JEAN-MARC,; LUTAS, LIVIU,; PIER, JOHN,; SARKHOSH, KEYVAN,; THOSS, JEFF,; TURK, TISHA,
• HerausgeberIn: Klimek, Sonja,; Kukkonen, Karin,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Narratologia : Contributions to Narrative Theory , 28
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Preface --; Metalepsis in Popular Culture: An Introduction --; Metalepsis in Fantasy Fiction --; Narrative Metalepsis in Detective Fiction --; “I’m so vain, I bet I think this song is about myself”: Carly Simon, Pop Music and the Problematic “I” of Lyric Poetry --; Metalepsis in Fan Vids and Fan Fiction --; “I had the strangest week ever!“ Metalepsis in Music Videos --; Metaleptic TV Crossovers --; “Some weird kind of video feedback time warp zapping thing”: Television, Remote Controls, and Metalepsis --; Metalepsis in Popular Comedy Film --; Metalepsis in the Cartoons of Tex Avery: Expanding the Boundaries of Transgression --; Metalepsis in Comics and Graphic Novels --; Metalepsis in Live Performance: Holographic Projections of the Cartoon Band “Gorillaz” as a Means of Metalepsis --; Pop-Culture in History: Metalepsis and Metareference in German and Italian Music Theatre --; Afterword --; General Bibliography on Metalepsis
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110252804; 9783110238570; 9783110238464; 9783110637854; 9783110261189; 9783110261233; 9783110261226; 9783110261240
• ISSN: 1612-8427
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110252804
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Karin Kukkonen, Sonja Klimek.

When readers become victims of the murder mysteries they are immersed in, when superheroes embark on a quest to challenge their authors or when the fictional rock band Gorillaz flirt with Madonna during their performance, then metalepsis in popular culture occurs. Metalepsis describes the transgression of the boundary between the fictional world and (a representation of) the real world. This volume establishes a transmedial definition of metalepsis and explores the phenomenon in twelve case studies across media and genres of popular culture: from film, TV series, animated cartoons, graphic novels and popular fiction to pop music, music videos, holographic projections and fan cultures. Narrative studies have considered metalepsis so far largely as a phenomenon of postmodern or avant-garde literature. Metalepsis in Popular Culture investigates metalepsis’ ties to the popular and traces its transmedial importance through a wealth of examples from the turn of the 20th century to this day. The articles also address larger issues such as readerly immersion, the appeal of complexity in popular culture, or the negotiation of fiction and reality in media, and invite readers to rethink these issues through the prism of metalepsis.