The pedagogical function of melodrama in the Brazilian children’s and youth telenovela:: poetic analysis of the abandonment of the incapable in Chiquititas

The pedagogical function is inherent to melodrama, which, in turn, is the backbone of the Brazilian telenovela – a finding that becomes even more evident in telenovela for children and adolescents. Therefore, this article aimed to understand, based on the dialogue between Paulo Freire and telepoetic...

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Autor: Hergesel, João Paulo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)
Repositorio:Contracampo
Idioma:portugués
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OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/52171
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.uff.br/contracampo/article/view/52171
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Television studies
Serial fiction
Children's and youth telenovela
Melodrama
Paulo Freire
Estudios de televisión
Ficción en serie
Telenovela infantil y juvenil
Estudos de televisão
Ficção seriada
Telenovela infantojuvenil
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Sumario:The pedagogical function is inherent to melodrama, which, in turn, is the backbone of the Brazilian telenovela – a finding that becomes even more evident in telenovela for children and adolescents. Therefore, this article aimed to understand, based on the dialogue between Paulo Freire and telepoetic studies, how some issues relevant to the age group of its target audience are treated in Chiquititas (SBT), exploring the perceptions of the relationship between media and education. The methodology prioritized, at first, the bibliographical research and theoretical review, to then enter the narrative and stylistic analysis of the object. The main results suggest, from the Freirian perspective, that there was a movement of the media to contextualize sociocultural conditionings, resulting in an educational-liberating process, with the possibility of fostering a critical reading of the facts involved.