Archetype and catharsis in audiovisual narratives
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v15i2p73-93Keywords:
Catharsis, Archetypes, Audiovisual narratives, Movie, TV seriesAbstract
Climax in movies and TV series is built by a combination of images and sounds that impact emotionally on the audience generating catharsis. The cathartic effect is essential in genres like adventure, western, and horror. This essay analyzes the role of archetypes as an emotional trigger for catharsis in audiovisual narratives. The article articulates theories about catharsis (Aristotle, Jauss) and archetype (Jung, Durand) to establish the basis of relations among them and to understand how they operate in examples of movies and TV series. Results show the archetypal opposition hero-monster acting as an emotional trigger in catharsis and the relation between archetypical images and historical-social context in cathartic scenes.
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