“I’m Not Here to Make Friends”: Genre Conventions, Literary Meaning, and Narrative Potentiality in American Reality Television

Author

Autumn Koors-Foltz, University of Maine at Farmington

Date of Award

Spring 2024

Document Type

Thesis

Department

Interdisciplinary Studies

First Advisor

Steve Grandchamp

Second Advisor

Misty Krueger

Abstract

“I’m Not Here to Make Friends”: Genre Conventions, Literary Meaning, and Narrative Potentiality in American Reality Television is a collection of five scholarly essays engaging different aspects of the reality television genre. These essays seek to challenge the stigma of reality television as lacking in significant narrative meaning. Through case studies of various shows, these essays engage theoretical concepts such as simulacrum and metanarratives. Through cross-genre analysis, the project contends with sites of analytic potential in reality television.

Comments

HON 499 Thesis or Creative/Service Project

Recommended Citation

Koors-Foltz, Autumn, "“I’m Not Here to Make Friends”: Genre Conventions, Literary Meaning, and Narrative Potentiality in American Reality Television" (2024). HON 499 Honors Thesis or Creative Project. 25.
https://scholarworks.umf.maine.edu/honors_theses/25