The religion through style: the figuration of spiritism in the brazilian's telenovelas

Authors

  • Simone Maria Rocha
  • Marcos Meigre

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30962/ec.1364

Keywords:

Televisualidade, Evento narrativo, Espiritismo

Abstract

We analyze the figuration of spiritism in three TV Globo telenovelas: A Viagem, Alma Gêmea and Além do Tempo, paying attention to the narrative events in which the plot’s main characters die. The focus on this narrative retreat makes us able to grasp stylistic alterations in the figuration modes of some religious precepts, like existence of the soul, reincarnation and spirits’ effects on terrestrial materiality. We notice a stronger didactic content in the first two telenovelas, not reinforced in the last. Supported by Visual Studies and Jeremy Butler’s methodology about television style, we seek to point out stylistic advances associated to sociocultural reconfigurations (televisuality).

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Published

24-12-2017

How to Cite

Rocha, S. M., & Meigre, M. (2017). The religion through style: the figuration of spiritism in the brazilian’s telenovelas. E-Compós, 20(3). https://doi.org/10.30962/ec.1364

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Section

Televisão