Narrative Derivation in Television Serial Fiction

Examining spin-offs from Once Upon a Time

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https://doi.org/10.30962/ecomps.2945

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Spin-Off, Television serial fiction, Narrative Derivation, Canon, Once Upon a Time

Abstract

We will examine here spin-off works, especially in their textual logics of narrative derivation from parent works. From a poetic and narratological perspective, we emphasize intertextual operations, as well as the pragmatics that articulate the relationships between textual structures and reading horizons of these works. In the analysis of these products, we value the dialectic between “vagueness” and “coherence”: in the first, we identify what the master works hide as potential for intrigue; in the second, we identify the anchoring of derivative works to the parent works. We analyze how these textual derivation strategies work in the first season of Once Upon a Time.

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Benjamim Picado, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Doutor em Comunicação e Semiótica pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), é professor titular do Departamento de Estudos Culturais e Mídia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação da Universidade Federal Fluminense (PPGCOM/UFF), no qual coordena o Grupo de Pesquisa em Análise da Fotografia e de Narrativas Visuais e Gráficas (GRAFO/NAVI) e o Laboratório de Estudos sobre Intrigas Mediáticas (Media_Müthos).

João Senna Teixeira, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil

Doutor e mestre em Comunicação pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação e Cultura Contemporâneas da Universidade Federal da Bahia (PósCom-UFBA). Pesquisador associado com bolsa de pós-doutorado do CNPq no Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Democracia Digital na Universidade Federal da Bahia (INCT.DD).

Priscila Mana Vaz, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Doutora em Comunicação pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) e mestre em Comunicação pela mesma instituição. Atua com projetos de desenvolvimento para elaboração de novos formatos narrativos em plataformas digitais em uma startup de sua propriedade, a Nextale. Bolsista do Programa “Pesquisador Empreendedor” da Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) e pesquisadora associada do Laboratório de Estudos sobre Interigas Mediáticas (Media_Müthos), no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação da Universidade Federal Fluminense (PPGCOM/UFF).

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Picado, B., Senna Teixeira, J., & Vaz, P. M. (2024). Narrative Derivation in Television Serial Fiction: Examining spin-offs from Once Upon a Time. E-Compós, 27. https://doi.org/10.30962/ecomps.2945

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