In film studies, historical poetics is a scholarly approach to studying film, which David Bordwell outlined in his book Making Meaning (1989).[1] Poetics studies the text itself rather than its production, reception or cultural significance and it can therefore be seen as a logical first step - though expressly not the last step - in terms of understanding how a narrative text (i.e. a television series or a film) works.[2]
- ^ Ira Stig Bhaskar (2004), "Historical Poetics, Narrative, and Interpretation" in A Companion to Film Theory (eds. Toby Miller & Robert Stan). Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, p. 387. Bhaskar's article is a critical account of historical poetics.
- ^ Michael Z. Newman (2006) "From Beats to Arcs: Toward a Poetics of Television Narrative." The Velvet Light Trap Number 58, Fall 2006, p. 26.