Placer estético y repugnancia en Hannibal: identificación dramática, prolongación temporal y puesta en escena

Autores/as

  • Alberto N. García Universidad de Navarra (España)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.44.1556

Palabras clave:

Hannibal, televisión, estética, relato, repugnancia

Resumen

El artículo explora cómo la serie de televisión Hannibal (NBC, 2013-2015) provoca una honda delectación estética, a pesar de presentar numerosos contenidos repulsivos o incómodos. Se analiza cómo la naturaleza serial de la narración televisiva habilita una manera particular de negociar la paradoja de la aversión mediante tres estrategias textuales: un dilatado character engagement, un suspense que exprime las posibilidades estéticas de la prolongación temporal y una bella puesta en escena de motivos visuales y acciones horripilantes. Son estrategias que generan una robusta fascinación en el espectador, lo que permite subvertir las características de lo repugnante.

Biografía del autor/a

Alberto N. García, Universidad de Navarra (España)

Profesor titular de Comunicación Audiovisual en la Universidad de Navarra. Ha sido visiting professor en la University of Queensland, University of Stirling y George Washington University. Su trabajo académico se centra en la televisión anglosajona. Ha publicado artículos sobre la naturaleza del relato serial, la evolución del zombi, Breaking Bad, The Wire, The Shield o Supernatural. Es editor de Emotions in Contemporary TV Series (Palgrave, 2016) y Cine y series. La promiscuidad infinita (Comunicación Social, 2018).

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Publicado

2020-08-09

Cómo citar

García, A. N. (2020). Placer estético y repugnancia en Hannibal: identificación dramática, prolongación temporal y puesta en escena. Cuadernos.Info, (44), 209–224. https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.44.1556