The origins of contemporary serial drama

Using as base methodological and conceptual contributions of the Philosophy of Drama, this paper seeks to investigate the origin of contemporary serial drama. To do so, it offers a diachronic reflection on the constitution of drama as a television genre, whose transformations serve as a landmark to...

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Main Author: Marcel Vieira Barreto Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-06-01
Series:Matrizes
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Online Access:https://www.revistas.usp.br/matrizes/article/view/100677
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description Using as base methodological and conceptual contributions of the Philosophy of Drama, this paper seeks to investigate the origin of contemporary serial drama. To do so, it offers a diachronic reflection on the constitution of drama as a television genre, whose transformations serve as a landmark to think about the formal immanence of contemporary drama. With this, it intends to demonstrate that it is in the dialectical relation among micro-structures (beat and episode) and macro-structures (arch and season) of television series that relies its dominant characteristic.
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spelling doaj.art-58d022cf5acc49d8991573a98a5903832022-12-21T23:13:53ZengUniversidade de São PauloMatrizes1982-20731982-81602015-06-0191The origins of contemporary serial dramaMarcel Vieira Barreto SilvaUsing as base methodological and conceptual contributions of the Philosophy of Drama, this paper seeks to investigate the origin of contemporary serial drama. To do so, it offers a diachronic reflection on the constitution of drama as a television genre, whose transformations serve as a landmark to think about the formal immanence of contemporary drama. With this, it intends to demonstrate that it is in the dialectical relation among micro-structures (beat and episode) and macro-structures (arch and season) of television series that relies its dominant characteristic.https://www.revistas.usp.br/matrizes/article/view/100677Serial dramaturgytelevision seriesdramatic structuresphilosophy of drama
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The origins of contemporary serial drama
Matrizes
Serial dramaturgy
television series
dramatic structures
philosophy of drama
title The origins of contemporary serial drama
title_full The origins of contemporary serial drama
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title_full_unstemmed The origins of contemporary serial drama
title_short The origins of contemporary serial drama
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topic Serial dramaturgy
television series
dramatic structures
philosophy of drama
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