Literature Review - Resources Sorting

Story Arc and Narratology of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone

Primary Sources

A Critical History of Television’s The Twilight Zone

Presnell, D., & McGee, M. (2008). A Critical History of Television’s The Twilight Zone, 1959–1964. McFarland.

No time like the past: Hearing nostalgia in The Twilight Zone

Wissner, R. A. (2018). No time like the past: Hearing nostalgia in The Twilight Zone. Journal of Popular Television, 6(1), 59–80. https://ezproxy.sit.ac.nz:3087/10.1386/jptv.6.1.59_1

In The Zone: The Twilight World of Rod Serling

Wolfe, P. (1997). In the Zone: the twilight world of Rod Serling. Popular Press.

Into The Twilight Zone - The Rod Serling Programme Guide

Lofficier, J. M., & Lofficier, R. (2003). Into the Twilight Zone: The Rod Serling Programme Guide. iUniverse.

The New Entrepreneurs – An Institutional History of Televisions Anthology Writers

Kraszewski, J. (2010). The new entrepreneurs: An institutional history of television anthology writers. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com

Spaceships and Politics – The Political Theory of Rod Serling

Feldman, L. D. (2010). Spaceships and politics: The political theory of Rod Serling. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com

The Twilight Zone

Serling, R. (Producer). (1959). The Twilight Zone. [Television Series]. United States, CBS Productions.

Serling, R. (Writer) & Stevens, R (Director). (1959, October 30). Walking Distance. [Television Episode] In Serling, R. (Producer), The Twilight Zone. United States, CBS Productions.

Serling, R. (Writer) & Wilson, R. (Director). (1960, March 4). The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. [Television Episode] In Serling, R. (Producer), The Twilight Zone. United States, CBS Productions.

Serling, R. (Writer) & Braham, J. (Director). (1959, December 4). Time Enough at Last. [Television Episode] In Serling, R. (Producer), The Twilight Zone. United States, CBS Productions.

Secondary Sources

Unnatural Narratives – Unnatural Narratology

Alber, J., & Heinze, R. (Eds.). (2011). Unnatural narratives - unnatural narratology. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com

Editor’s Corner: What Is Story Arc

Wade, A. (2016). Editor’s Corner: What is Story Arc. Dog Ear Publishing. Retrieved from https://www.dogearpublishing.net/wordpress/what-is-story-arc/

6 Story Arcs Define Western Literature, Data-Mining Study Reveals

Scharping, N. (2016). 6 Story Arcs Define Western Literature, Data-Mining Study Reveals. Discover: Science for the Curious. Retrieved from http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2016/07/06/the-6-story-arcs-that-define-western-literature/#.XQbHKogzZaR

A Writer’s Cheat Sheet to Plot and Structure

Herron, M, (n.d). A Writer’s Cheatsheet to Plot and Structure. Retrieved from https://thewritepractice.com/plot-structure/

The Living Handbook of Narratology

Meister, J C. (2013). Narratology. The Living Handbook of Narratology. Retrieved from https://wikis.sub.uni-hamburg.de/lhn/index.php/Narratology

The Screenplay and the spectator: Exploring audience identification in Narrative Structures

Finnegan, J. (2016). The screenplay and the spectator: Exploring audience identification in narrative structure. Journal of Screenwriting, 7(3), 319–330. https://ezproxy.sit.ac.nz:3087/10.1386/josc.7.3.319_1

Storytelling as a Theory-Building Activity

Ochs, E. & Taylor, C. & Rudolph, D. & Smith, R. (1992). Storytelling and Theory Construction. Storytelling as a Theory-Building Activity. Retrieved from http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/anthro/faculty/ochs/articles/Storytelling_as_a_Theory-building_Activity.pdf

Episode to look at:

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

Eye Of The Beholder

Time Enough at Last

To Serve Man

The Hitch-Hiker

Walking Distance

It’s a Good Life