Abstract
The Hollywood film noir has always been a “melting-pot” of new forms of narration that radically transformed modern crime fiction: in this sense, one can trace the origins of the so-called Procedural fiction back to the Forties, and on this basis define its development. This essay aims to follow these threads and show how modern serial procedural fiction goes back to classic narratives (the scientific gaze in CSI), themes (the split identity of Dexter, the gender roles reversal in The Killing), and stylistic features (the widespread revival of traditional low-key visual design).
| Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] Blood and science: the black procedural from classic Hollywood to contemporary television seriality |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Title of host publication | Arcobaleno noir. Genesi, diaspora e nuove cittadinanze del noir fra cinema e letteratura |
| Editors | Alessandra Calanchi |
| Pages | 131-150 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Keywords
- Film Noir
- Procedural Drama