Has the TV drama really supplanted the novel as the 'narrative of our times'?

The BBC's controller of fiction Jane Tranter says it is TV drama that now "gives our lives meaning and shape" rather than literature. [The Guardian via TV Tattle]

"The golden age of television of television drama isn't today, but neither is it yesterday. The golden age is tomorrow," Tranter added, encouraging critics and commentators to take television as seriously as films, literature and high art.

Television drama had supplanted the novel, she said, as the "narrative of our times that gives our lives meaning and shape".

Tranter encouraged writers to respond to the challenge of budget cuts and fewer slots by "thinking small" – taking advantage of the intimacy of the medium - and "thinking big" – considering the possibilities for ambitious stories on a global scale that could attract co-production funding. "

emily | 5:47 PM | The impact of TV series on society |
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