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representational specificities of each medium. In the analysis of literary and
film narratives, a new dimension can be opened up by examining corporeal
narratology, which deals with the concept of the narrative body (Kerchy,
2009), but approaches such as the exploration of intertextualities (Orosz,
2003; Lanszki, 2016b) and the study of metanarratives (Orosz, 2003) may
also prove relevant.
Narrative structures can also provide valuable insights into interdisciplinary
boundaries that lie at the intersection of the humanities and social sciences.
Cultural anthropology focuses on contemporary narratives, while ethnography
and history use narratives from the past to map the patterns of behavior,
habits, and rituals of micro-communities at particular points in time. The
ethnographic textual analysis of narratives featuring superstitions has
provided important data on the magical thinking and customs of medieval
people (Pécs, 2012). In addition, the study of earlier narratives is useful
for any research that aims to explore the historical dimension of a topic ¬
such as institutional history and life history in education and art history,
or performance reconstruction in the performing arts, which also analyzes
musical scores, costumes, set design and reviews. Primary sources may
include letters, newspaper articles, recorded jokes, gossip, transcripts of court
hearings, diaries, laws, internal organizational decisions, or even artifacts.
The wealth of resources resulting from media convergence allows media
studies to analyze narratives in a variety of formats. One research direction
which is relevant in this regard is the genre analysis of narrative formats.
Csaszi (2010) undertook a formal analysis of a single episode of a famous
Hungarian talk show about divorce, examining the interactions between
the moderator and the invited guests. The researcher found that the fable
behind the narrative emerged in the episode's opening confession, conflict¬
unfolding reflective dialogues, and confrontations. Csaszi also identified
Proppian features and Lévi-Strauss’ binary opposition pairs in the talk-show
episode. In accordance with the logic of the narrative structure, moralistic
moments were also presented: the losing party made a confession and the
show delivered justice between the parties. Elements of film language (such
as close-ups) also aimed to increase the audience's sympathy with the victims.
Another area of media studies focuses on the portrayal of minority groups in
the media. Cseke (2017) examined stigmatization by residence in written press
products. Research data came from a textual analysis of a narrative interview
with residents of a slum and a narrative analysis of press articles from different
periods. For the press, the colony was valuable for its criminal narratives
and stories of suffering, but these narratives increased the stigma towards
the residents. The stigmatizing portrayal of the community in newspaper
articles contributed to the negative image of the residents in society. The
metropolitan squalor thematized in the narratives satisfied readers’ hunger
for sensation and exoticism with themes of deviance and filth. Munk (2013)
examined the portrayal of Romas in popular entertainment television genres