“This is a […] Story;”” the Refusal of a Master Text in Noah Hawley’s Fargo

Each episode of Noah Hawley’s first two seasons of Fargo begins with the same claim: “this is a true story.” The claim might invite the formation of what Thomas Leitch (2007) calls a “privileged master text,” except that Hawley undermines the creation of such a text in at least two ways. On the one...

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Main Author: Redmon Allen H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press 2016-06-01
Series:Linguaculture
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lincu.2016.2016.issue-1/lincu-2016-0003/lincu-2016-0003.xml?format=INT