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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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 |
spellingShingle | Marcel Vieira Barreto Silva 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 |
title_fullStr | The origins of contemporary serial drama |
title_full_unstemmed | The origins of contemporary serial drama |
title_short | The origins of contemporary serial drama |
title_sort | origins of contemporary serial drama |
topic | Serial dramaturgy television series dramatic structures philosophy of drama |
url | https://www.revistas.usp.br/matrizes/article/view/100677 |
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