THE MYSTERY THAT ENGAGES THE SCREENS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE NARRATIVE DEVICE '' WHODUNNIT” IN THE BRAZILIAN TELENOVELAS THE NEXT VICTIM (1995) AND THE PARTY (2014) FROM TV GLOBO
Brazilian Telenovelas; Whodunnit ; Telenovelas Authors; Television Style.
This research proposed to investigate the use of narrative feature “whodunnit” in Brazilian telenovelas that tell stories of several ways and show to the TV viewer narrative that are identified through codes and the authorial mark. Originated from detective stories, this question engages the audience due to the mystery and suspense in the chapters.The telenovelas The Next Victim, aired in 1995, and The Party, the 2014 remake of the 1974 namesake, ground the plot using the narrative device from beginning to end. Under this particularity, this master’s thesis intent to respond to the question how the narrative device is constructed in The Next Victim and The Party. Thus, this research aims to analyze the narrative construction of this device in these productions through distinct styles in each other. The theoretical basis is MARTÍN BARBERO (1997), PALLOTTINI (2012), SOUZA (2004) and LOPES (2003, 2009, 2014) for telenovela, BORDWELL (2005) and ROCHA (2016) for television styles and Todorov (2006) regarding narratives. The methodology has Critical Narrative Analysis (MOTTA, 2013) and Television Style (BUTLER, 2010).We can verify through the research that the storyline of telenovelas investigated clarifies the intentionality of each production as an attempt to break the way of telling stories of Brazilian telenovelas.