The Brazilian telenovela: A narrative about the Nation

Authors

  • Maria Immacolata Vassallo de Lopes Universidade de São Paulo / Escola de Comunicações e Artes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9125.v0i26p17-34

Keywords:

Brazilian telenovela, narrative, nation, Rede Globo, fiction, tele-dramaturgy

Abstract

The article highlights the Brazilian telenovelaas a television cultural product that gainedits own expression by constituting itself as a narrative on daily life urban themes and aboutemergent social issues in Brazil. In this manner, differentiates itself from the other fictional productions and is constituted as a product for export. pen work, this production opens spaceto viewer participation, transforming the authorldramaturge into a professional who is in constantinteraction with his or her public. The productioninfrastructure that is required tums Rede Globode Televisão into the biggest fiction television producer in Brazil and into one of the biggest in the world. The author provides numbers regarding this signiiicant production, talks about the fomationof a major programming that ended up crystallizing a certain television watching habit, concretizing a network that circulates and constitutes senses regarding the themes that surround Brazilian publicand private lives.

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Author Biography

  • Maria Immacolata Vassallo de Lopes, Universidade de São Paulo / Escola de Comunicações e Artes
    Maria Immacolata Vassallo de Lopes Professora Livre-Docente no Departamento de Comunicações e Artes da ECA-USP.

Published

2003-04-30

How to Cite

Lopes, M. I. V. de. (2003). The Brazilian telenovela: A narrative about the Nation. Comunicação & Educação, 26, 17-34. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9125.v0i26p17-34