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A ficção audiovisual parece estar em transformação: transita-se do paradigma do
protagonista-herói – cuja jornada e ideias são enquadradas pela moldura ideológica estrita do
monomito de Campbell (2004) e Vogler (2007) – para um paradigma que parece assentar não
só num, mas em vários conceitos de moralidade, em que não há verdades absolutas, nem um só
conceito de certo ou errado. Um paradigma que vem introduzir personagens como Walter White
(Breaking Bad, 2008), Frank Underwood (House of Cards, 2013) ou Arthur Fleck (Joker, 2019),
indivíduos desconcertantes, moralmente ambíguos ou mesmo maus, que vão assumindo o
protagonismo das novas narrativas de ficção.
Nesta investigação estudam-se as possíveis origens e causas desta transformação.
Analisam-se diferentes narrativas audiovisuais de diferentes períodos – desde os anos trinta a
2019 – de modo a perceber se ela é resultado de um capricho de guionistas, ou se é um processo
de avanços e recuos umbilicalmente ligados a mudanças importantes no contexto histórico,
político e sociocultural em que essas transformações acontecem.
Conclui-se que, tal como os heróis de outras décadas, os novos protagonistas são um
produto direto do seu tempo, marcado pelo medo, por crises económicas, pela incerteza na
credibilidade das instituições e por um novo tipo de espectador, que parece procurar
experiências de entretenimento menos formulaicas, mais personalizadas e mais humanas.
Esta investigação visa suportar Os Filhos de Apolo, um projeto de minissérie televisiva
que incide sobre as temáticas da música, da transformação e da velhice e em que o protagonista
– um homem que já velho entra em rotura com a sua família – se pretende representante desta
mudança de paradigmas.
Audio-visual fiction is changing: there seems to be a transition from the heroprotagonist paradigm – whose journey and ideas are framed mainly by the works of Campbell (2004) and Vogler (2007) – to a paradigm that seems to be based on various concepts of morality, in which there are no absolute truths and no unitary concept of right and wrong. This paradigm is conducive to the introduction of characters such as Walter White (Breaking Bad, 2008), Frank Underwood (House of Cards, 2013) or Arthur Fleck (Joker, 2019), disconcerting, morally ambiguous or even admittedly evil individuals who today play the main roles of many fictional narratives. In this investigation, we examine the possible origins and causes of this transformation. By analysing different fiction narratives from different periods – namely from the thirties to 2019 – we aim to understand how this transformation is not the result of a whim, but of a process of advances and retreats, closely linked to important changes in the historical, political and socio-cultural context in which these transformations happen. We conclude that, like the heroes of other decades, these new protagonists are a direct product of their times. Times marked by fear, by economic crises, by uncertainty in the credibility of institutions and by new type of spectator. One who seems to look for new – less formulaic and more humane – entertainment experiences. This research aims to support "Os Filhos de Apolo", a television miniseries project that focuses on the themes of music, transformation and old age and in which the protagonist - an old man that separates from his family - is intended to be a representative of this change of paradigms
Audio-visual fiction is changing: there seems to be a transition from the heroprotagonist paradigm – whose journey and ideas are framed mainly by the works of Campbell (2004) and Vogler (2007) – to a paradigm that seems to be based on various concepts of morality, in which there are no absolute truths and no unitary concept of right and wrong. This paradigm is conducive to the introduction of characters such as Walter White (Breaking Bad, 2008), Frank Underwood (House of Cards, 2013) or Arthur Fleck (Joker, 2019), disconcerting, morally ambiguous or even admittedly evil individuals who today play the main roles of many fictional narratives. In this investigation, we examine the possible origins and causes of this transformation. By analysing different fiction narratives from different periods – namely from the thirties to 2019 – we aim to understand how this transformation is not the result of a whim, but of a process of advances and retreats, closely linked to important changes in the historical, political and socio-cultural context in which these transformations happen. We conclude that, like the heroes of other decades, these new protagonists are a direct product of their times. Times marked by fear, by economic crises, by uncertainty in the credibility of institutions and by new type of spectator. One who seems to look for new – less formulaic and more humane – entertainment experiences. This research aims to support "Os Filhos de Apolo", a television miniseries project that focuses on the themes of music, transformation and old age and in which the protagonist - an old man that separates from his family - is intended to be a representative of this change of paradigms
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Herói monomítico Protagonistas ambíguos Protagonistas-vilões Herói-vilão Narrativas de ficção audiovisual Monomythic hero Morally ambiguous protagonists Villain protagonists Hero-villain Audio-visual fiction narratives