Programas televisivos e suas estruturas narrativas: enredo, personagens, tempo, espaço e foco narrativo em teledramaturgia e entretenimento

Abstract

This text, whose discursive dimension transits between the academic essay and the theoretical manual, reflects on an interdisciplinary methodological procedure that derives from Literature, but which can be applied in analyses of audiovisual products, especially television works. The aim is to revisit the notions of plot, characters, time, space and narrative focus – so dear to structuralism – and propose their observation in television programs, especially in theater and entertainment. The methodology encompasses a bibliographic and interpretative study of categories of Narratology, a discipline that orbits between Letters and Communication. The results point out that the ideas that were in vogue in the 1970s are still useful for understanding phenomena of mass culture in their contemporary narratives.