8.2 Martin Hoyle on ‘The Bridge’ Flashcards
1
Q
Genre
A
review
2
Q
Mode
A
printed newspaper
3
Q
Audience
A
- educated
- fans of the show/actors
- Hoyle fans
4
Q
Voice
A
- professional
- educated
- informal
- authoritative
- enthusiastic
- upper class
5
Q
Purpose
A
- offer critical appraisal
- convince readers to watch the show
6
Q
“Pick of the Weekend”
A
- implies the audience only has time to watch TV on the weekend
7
Q
“We plunge into the dark world of terrorism, mass killing and poisonous grudges”
A
- hyperbolic; sets scene of the show
- pre modifier
8
Q
Context
A
- ‘The Bridge’ is Scandi-Noir: in subtitles on BBC4
- FT Weekend aimed at intellectual and sophisticated audience
9
Q
“Hoorah for the chalk and cheese combination of frowsy, easy going Martin and the unsmiling, briskly robotic Aspergerish Saga”
A
- familiar collocation
- juxtaposition intrigues reader in dynamics
10
Q
“Saga’s antiseptic angular, pre-eminently logical psyche is disturbed by her efforts at normal relationships.”
A
- metaphor
- pre modifier ‘normal’ asssumes the show is abnormal, disrespectful of Asperger’s
11
Q
“The fear of abandonment and isolation”
A
- professional voice
- complex aspects of the series:link to intellectual audience
12
Q
“The dark is all-pervasive.”
A
- Hoyle’s own expression: language mirrors the subject he’s talking about
- short declarative sentence
- ominous closing creates further intrigue: no escape from the dark
