Repensando o melodrama no contexto asiático: um estudo sobre a série televisiva sul-coreana Dae Jang Geum

Authors

  • Ludmila Moreira Macedo de Carvalho

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/contemporanea.v6i1.3521

Keywords:

Melodrama, Série televisiva, Cultura asiática

Abstract

Although it is normally considered as a universal artistic genre, the melodrama is seldom contemplated in the context of the Asian community. As a historically Western concept, can it really be used to define Eastern artistic representations? This essay argues that “melodrama” can indeed be used in the Asian context, provided that it observes some of the particularities of the culture that is being represented. Through the analysis of the South Korean television series Dae Jang Geum, a worldwide audience phenomenon, we shall observe more closely what are those particularities and universalities of the Asian melodrama.

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Author Biography

Ludmila Moreira Macedo de Carvalho

Mestre em Comunicação e Culturas Contemporâneas pela Faculdade de Comunicação da Universidade Federal da Bahia –UFBA, e doutoranda em Literatura Comparada e Cinema na Université de Montreal, Canadá

Published

2009-07-27

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