Lucy on the Road:

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  • Lucy on the Road
  • Lucy on the Road : 『アイ・ラブ・ルーシー』における「乗り物ギャグ」と物語形式の関係
  • Lucy on the Road : 『 アイ ・ ラブ ・ ルーシー 』 ニ オケル 「 ノリモノ ギャグ 」 ト モノガタリ ケイシキ ノ カンケイ
  • 『アイ・ラブ・ルーシー』における「乗り物ギャグ」と物語形式の関係
  • The Relationship of the “Vehicle Gags” and the Narrative Form in <i>I Love Lucy</i>

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<p>The situation comedy was a representative genre of drama that played a central role in 1950s American television programming. Though the situation comedy has been studied in terms of the social and cultural background of the era, this paper looks closely at the relationship of the dramatic form of the genre and the narrative functions of gag, focusing on the “vehicle gags” used in I Love Lucy.</p><p>Television dramas are generally classified into two kinds of forms: “series” and“serial.” And the situation comedy belongs to the former. There are two groups of episodes in I Love Lucy (broadcasted for six seasons), however, which have the characteristics of “serial.” These episodes depict the travels of Lucy and her husband and friends to Hollywood and Europe respectively, and they deviate considerably from the normal pattern of the program in several ways. The “vehicle gags” used in these episodes also have different characteristics and are more dynamic and large-scale than the usual gag usages in the preceding episodes. Though the linear progression in plot and the gags of these episodes seem deviated from the regular patterns of I Love Lucy, they represent, in reality, part of the circular narrative structure that works as a compelling force of the genre to bring the protagonist back to her/his fundamental situation set at the beginning of the program.</p>

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  • eizogaku

    eizogaku 96 (0), 89-109, 2016

    Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences

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