The aim of this essay is to take into account how Covid-19 and the profound trauma associated with it is shown through the new international media landscape, in particular through the US television series, which before the others seem to have narrated this trauma of contemporary society. At least for the 21st century, tv series have become the culturally hegemonic form of storytelling, proving to be able to tell very long stories and allowing the characters to evolve over a particularly long period of time. In addition to that, the tv series, entering the home of the user, have created a bond with him/her based on greater intimacy, which has allowed a narration of the trauma at deeper levels. In particular, the already famous television series in which Covid has become the protagonist, such as Grey’s Anatomy conceived by Shonda Rhimes, together with some new Covid-themed television series as Love in the Time of Corona and Social Distance will be the privileged object of this essay, as this collective trauma has changed and is changing our world.
Il saggio intende focalizzare l’attenzione su il Covid-19 e il profondo trauma ad esso associato venga mostrato attraverso il nuovo panorama mediatico internazionale, in particolare attraverso le serie televisive statunitensi, che prima delle altre sembrano aver raccontato questo trauma della contemporaneità società.. Almeno per il XXI secolo, le serie televisive sono riuscite a diventare la forma di narrazione culturalmente egemone, dimostrandosi in grado di narrare storie lunghissime e consentendo ai personaggi di evolversi lungo un arco di tempo particolarmente ampio. Inoltre, le serie tv, entrando nella casa dell’utente, hanno creato con lui un legame basato su una maggiore intimità, che ha permesso una narrazione del trauma a livelli più profondi. In particolare, le serie televisive già famose in cui il Covid è diventato protagonista, come Grey's Anatomy ideata da Shonda Rhimes, insieme ad alcune nuove serie televisive a tema Covid come Love in the Time of Corona e Social Distance saranno oggetto privilegiato di questo saggio, in quanto questo trauma collettivo ha cambiato e sta cambiando il nostro mondo.
La memoria del trauma nello storytelling seriale statunitense / Medaglia, Francesca. - In: NOVECENTO TRANSNAZIONALE. - ISSN 2532-1994. - 7(2023), pp. 33-46.
La memoria del trauma nello storytelling seriale statunitense
francesca medaglia
2023
Abstract
The aim of this essay is to take into account how Covid-19 and the profound trauma associated with it is shown through the new international media landscape, in particular through the US television series, which before the others seem to have narrated this trauma of contemporary society. At least for the 21st century, tv series have become the culturally hegemonic form of storytelling, proving to be able to tell very long stories and allowing the characters to evolve over a particularly long period of time. In addition to that, the tv series, entering the home of the user, have created a bond with him/her based on greater intimacy, which has allowed a narration of the trauma at deeper levels. In particular, the already famous television series in which Covid has become the protagonist, such as Grey’s Anatomy conceived by Shonda Rhimes, together with some new Covid-themed television series as Love in the Time of Corona and Social Distance will be the privileged object of this essay, as this collective trauma has changed and is changing our world.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
