Real Emotional Logic: Film and Television Docudrama as Persuasive Practice

by Steven N. Lipkin and Associate Professor Steven N Lipkin PhD

Analyzing docudrama as a mode of argument, Steven N. Lipkin explores the ethical, historical, and ideological functions of docudrama to discover why these films based on true stories offer such appealing story lines. That appeal, Lipkin discovers, is rooted in docudrama's representation of actual people and events by means of melodramatic narrative structures that play on the emotions of the viewer.

The dual nature of docudramas--blending...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809324091
• ISBN13: 9780809324095
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"