<div><i>Narrative and Genre</i> introduces students to two key concepts in Media Studies, complementing <i>Image and Representation</i> published in 1998. The book covers the major narrative theorists and is illustrated with numerous case studies including <i>The X-Files</i>, <i>Wuthering Heights</i>, <i>Se7en</i>, and newspaper reporting. A brief history of narrative in literature surveys text from <i>The Epic of Gilgamesh</i> to Paul Auster's postmodern <i>Ghost</i>. The section on genre offers exhaustive case studies on <i>film noir</i> and the "hard-boiled" detective novel, the TV cop genre, and soap opera.<br></div>