La representación de la guerra en la ficción televisiva norteamericana contemporánea;Representation of War in Contemporary American Television Fiction
2009; Complutense University of Madrid; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1989-0494
AutoresAmaya Muruzábal, María del Mar Grandío,
Tópico(s)Cinema History and Criticism
ResumoTras los ataques terroristas del 11 de Septiembre de 2001, una particular representacion de la guerra aparece como argumento central de prestigiosas series televisivas contemporaneas. Este articulo pretende indagar en la relacion existente entre ficcion televisiva e Historia estudiando la representacion de la guerra en estas narraciones audiovisuales. Para ello, se analizaran los pilotos de dos distinguidas series de television cuya tematica central se basa en dos contiendas en la que Estados Unidos ha ocupado un papel destacado: Band of Brothers (HBO, 2001) y Generation Kill (HBO, 2008). El estudio se centrara en tres vectores principalmente: el conflicto politico-historico tratado, el papel que juega EE.UU. como pais en esa guerra y el impacto psicologico de la contienda en los personajes.;After September 11th and due to the Golden Age of television fiction, war representation on TV series appears interesting for scholars. War World II, War of Irak and the ?War on Terror? are the main plots in many prestigious TV shows. This article aims to deepen into the relation between television fiction and History studying the representation of the war and its impact on the creation of social traumas. Two television series will be analyzed, Band of Brothers (HBO, 2001) and Genera-tion Kill (HBO, 2008). This study will be focused on three vectors: political- historical conflict, role of United States in this war and the psychological impact of this war on the main characters.
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