<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In this paper, I study the narrative structure and the layers of meaning in the Treme (2010-2013), using the concept of rhizome introduced in A Thousand Plateaus by Deleuze and Guattari (1987) and the Hannerzian “root metaphor” of creole culture. As for New Orleans in the Treme, music makes the narrative structure not just multilinear but rhizomatic. Moreover, spontaneity and hybridity highlight dialogicity and poliphony as well as a strong ironic and subversive capacity concerning music and creole culture. On a narratological level, analysing the critical representation of social problems after the destruction of Hurricane Kathrina raises the problems of focalization and narratorial distance</p></abstract>

In this paper, I study the narrative structure and the layers of meaning in the Treme (2010-2013), using the concept of rhizome introduced in A Thousand Plateaus by Deleuze and Guattari (1987) and the Hannerzian “root metaphor” of creole culture. As for New Orleans in the Treme, music makes the narrative structure not just multilinear but rhizomatic. Moreover, spontaneity and hybridity highlight dialogicity and poliphony as well as a strong ironic and subversive capacity concerning music and creole culture. On a narratological level, analysing the critical representation of social problems after the destruction of Hurricane Kathrina raises the problems of focalization and narratorial distance

Rhizomatic Narrative and Intermediality in Treme

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Film and Media Studies

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In this paper, I study the narrative structure and the layers of meaning in the Treme (2010-2013), using the concept of rhizome introduced in A Thousand...

Rhizomatic Narrative and Intermediality in Treme

Pubblicato online: 06 apr 2016

Pagine: 61 - 71

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausfm-2015-0026

Parole chiave
rhizomatic narrative, hybridity, intermediality, creolization, lived experience

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Rhizomatic Narrative and Intermediality in Treme

Pubblicato online: 06 apr 2016

Pagine: 61 - 71

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ausfm-2015-0026

Parole chiaverhizomatic narrative, hybridity, intermediality, creolization, lived experience

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Parole chiave
rhizomatic narrative, hybridity, intermediality, creolization, lived experience