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Unlocking The Vampire Diaries: Genre, Authorship, and Quality in Teen TV horror
Ist Teil von
Gothic studies, 2013-05, Vol.15 (1), p.88-99
Ort / Verlag
Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2013
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Literature Online (LION)
Beschreibungen/Notizen
The Vampire Diaries began life as a series of novels before being adapted into a television series screened on the CW channel in the US and ITV2 in the UK. This article explores how the show contributes to debates over genre and authorship within the context of the TV vampire via its status as a teen horror text. It also investigates how the show intersects with debates over quality television via the involvement of teen-TV auteur Kevin Williamson. In exploring genre and authorship, the article considers how The Vampire Diaries functions as a teen drama and a TV vampire/horror text.