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Jesus Angel Gonzalez
Jesus Angel Gonzalez
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'Wiring'The Wire: Transtextual layers and tragic realism in The Wire
Authors
Jesus Angel Gonzalez
Publication date
2019/10/1
Journal
Journal of Popular Television
Volume
7
Issue
3
Pages
279-297
Publisher
Intellect
Description
The Wire's (2002-08) creator David Simon has contended that it is
neither a 'cop' nor a 'crime show' and has called it a 'visual novel'
and associated it with Greek tragedy instead. These associations have
been contested by critics like Amanda Ann Klein and Linda Williams,
who, while praising The Wire, reject its consideration as a Greek
tragedy and propose its analysis as television melodrama. This
article deals with the different transtextual layers in The Wire,
from its obvious connections with cop shows, police procedurals or
the hard-boiled detective novel, to its deeper associations with
melodrama, going through the more or less veiled references to
Dickens, the Greek tragedy, gangster films, westerns or Edgar Allan
Poe. By means of this analysis and by applying Jonathan Franzen's
concept of 'tragic realism', I reconsider the show's features and
generic affiliation, and engage in the debate initiated by Williams ...
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