Faculty Work-in-Progress: Style in Star Trek

Name: Faculty Work-in-Progress: Style in Star Trek
Start: 2024-12-03T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities

Schedule

Tue Dec 03 2024 at 01:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities | Cleveland, OH

Most writing on Star Trek (1966-1969) focuses on the series' narratives, themes, and fans. These emphases highlight continuities across the franchise's nearly six decade history, but they can downplay distinctive qualities of the individual entries. In his talk, Robert Spadoni, associate professor in the Department of English, asks how the audiovisual organization of the original series sets it apart from the series and films that came after it, and suggests that current understandings of the series- including its stories, themes, and fandom- can be broadened and enhanced by looking more closely at its style.