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Dissertation Proposal

This document outlines the structure and topics to be covered in a paper examining the extent to which serial killers have become part of popular culture. It will explore this topic through the lenses of postmodernism, audience theory, semiotics, and psychoanalysis. The paper will compare and contrast how two television shows, The Fall and Dexter, portray serial killers. It will discuss how genres and semiotics shape the shows' portrayal and audience reception of serial killers. Chapter 1 will analyze postmodern identity and how it has changed. Subsequent chapters will explore how genres influence programs and the use of semiotics in more depth, using case studies of the two shows.

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Dissertation Proposal

This document outlines the structure and topics to be covered in a paper examining the extent to which serial killers have become part of popular culture. It will explore this topic through the lenses of postmodernism, audience theory, semiotics, and psychoanalysis. The paper will compare and contrast how two television shows, The Fall and Dexter, portray serial killers. It will discuss how genres and semiotics shape the shows' portrayal and audience reception of serial killers. Chapter 1 will analyze postmodern identity and how it has changed. Subsequent chapters will explore how genres influence programs and the use of semiotics in more depth, using case studies of the two shows.

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To

what extent has the


subject of the serial killer
become part of popular
culture?

By
Roxanne Meats

Overview
The growing social obsession with serial
killers and why they are now part of popular
culture
Looking at 2 types of serial killers, British and
American

Theories
Postmodernism
Audience theories
Semiotics
Psychoanalysis
Genre

Chapter 1
Discuss the postmodern identity
How identity has changed
Using texts such as- Teach Yourself
Postmodernism

Chapter 2
How do genres eect the programs
How are semiotics used
Texts such as- The Television Genre Book

Chapter 3
Chapter 3 will be used for my case studies, to
compare and contrast the two dierent
shows.
Using texts such as Killers being celebrities

The Fall
Serial Killer Drama
Allan Cubitt
Wanting the killer to win
Sympathising for the serial killer

Dexter
American Serial Killer drama
James Manos- Screen play
Je Lindsey- Books
We want the serial killer to get away with the
justied killing

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