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August 30, 2026Nineteenth Century Theatre and FilmOpen Access

Melodrama: Experiment and Immersion

Katherine Newey (21059390)

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To examine how experimental aesthetic devices and immersive techniques reshape the dramatic structure and emotional impact of melodrama.
Critical examination of formal melodramatic conventions and narrative immersion frameworks.
Textual and aesthetic analysis of experimental techniques applied across dramatic media.
Identifies formal experimentation as a central mechanism for intensifying emotional immersion within melodramatic narratives.
Demonstrates that contemporary immersive techniques expand traditional spectator involvement without dissolving core melodramatic tropes.

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Theoretical analysis examines experimental conventions and immersion in melodrama, highlighting mechanisms of spectator engagement.

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Katherine Newey (21059390) (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e20ec562ede874ec6238 https://doi.org/10.1177/17483727261462482

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