The series The Prisoner has singularities that can be used as a model for the analysis of narrative series patterns, including a meta-generic focus. The Prisoner foreshadows most narrative combinations that can be performed in television series. It sets the ambivalent status of series between pleasure of repetition and success, intimacy and closeness, versus confinement of actors in a role and subjection of audience.
CLIL theme: 3157 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Sciences de l'information et de la communication
