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| Author: | Thorburn, D. |
| Title: | Interpretation and judgment: a reading of Lonesome Dove |
| Journal: | Critical Studies In Mass Communication
1993 : JUN, VOL. 10:2, p. 113-127 |
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| Freeterms: | CULTURE, MASS COMMUNICATION, LINGUISTICS CASE STUDIES |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Defending the importance for media study of a descriptive and evaluative scholarship grounded in old-humanist perspectives, this essay argues for distinguishing between "cultural" and "aesthetic" interpretation. In the latter, the text is valued not as a mere carrier of cultural meanings but intrinsically, as an intellectually coherent exploration of its subject matter. Using the TV miniseries Lonesome Dove as a case study, the essay argues that media texts can and should be evaluated according to the criteria of "formal mastery" and "intellectual coherence". |
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