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Two McNeese State University faculty members will present a free lecture titled, “Creating New Television: Breaking Bad and the Golden Age of TV,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in Stokes Auditorium of Hardtner Hall as part of the 2016 Banners at McNeese season.
Two McNeese State University faculty members will present a free lecture titled, “Creating New Television: Breaking Bad and the Golden Age of TV,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in Stokes Auditorium of Hardtner Hall as part of the 2016 Banners at McNeese season.
The lecture - based on Vince Gilligan’s award-winning TV series that earned critical acclaim and 16 Emmy awards in the five years it aired on the AMC network – will be presented by Dr. Jacob Blevins, professor of English, and Dr. Dafydd Wood, assistant professor of English and comparative literature.
They recently edited a book published about the “Breaking Bad” series titled “The Methods of Breaking Bad: Essays on Narrative, Character and Ethics.” The book is a collection of essays edited by the pair that covers a wide range of themes.
The main character, Walter White, is discussed as a father, psychopath and scientist and as an example of masculinity. The essays also examine the series in terms of gender, neo-liberal politics and health care reform, as well as the more traditional aesthetic categories of narrative construction, experimentation, allusion and genre.
For more information on this event or Banners at McNeese, visit the Banners website at www.banners.org or call the Banners office at 337-475-5123.
Persons needing accommodations as provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act should contact the ADA Coordinator at 337-475-5428, voice; 337-475-5960, fax; 337-562-4227, TDD/TTY, hearing impaired; or by email at cdo@mcneese.edu.
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