Exploring the Present Through the Lens of the Past: A Comparative Analysis of Yo soy Lorenzo and Hijos del Desierto
This research investigates the phenomenon of historical discourse in period telenovelas in Chile, exploring how these television productions address contemporary issues. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with screenwriters and script team leaders to understand how the present and contemporar...
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Groupe de Recherche Amérique Latine Histoire et Mémoire
2024-11-01
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| author | Alejandro Bruna Juan Pablo Sánchez Sepúlveda |
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| description | This research investigates the phenomenon of historical discourse in period telenovelas in Chile, exploring how these television productions address contemporary issues. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with screenwriters and script team leaders to understand how the present and contemporary themes are intertwined in period narrative. The results show that period telenovelas do not fictionalize the present through a historical setting, but rather explore the elements that connect the past with the present, highlighting timeless social and political problems that are still current in Chilean society. The analysis of the telenovelas Yo soy Lorenzo, set in the 1960s, and Hijos del Desierto, set in the 1930s, reveals how current themes and historical narrative intertwine to offer a reflection on Chilean society through the lens of the past, helping educate the citizenship in relevant current affairs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-628dcf4b8eef43c39777c1b6a61b05d52025-01-10T14:56:39ZspaGroupe de Recherche Amérique Latine Histoire et MémoireLes Cahiers ALHIM1628-67311777-51752024-11-014810.4000/12vhpExploring the Present Through the Lens of the Past: A Comparative Analysis of Yo soy Lorenzo and Hijos del DesiertoAlejandro BrunaJuan Pablo Sánchez SepúlvedaThis research investigates the phenomenon of historical discourse in period telenovelas in Chile, exploring how these television productions address contemporary issues. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with screenwriters and script team leaders to understand how the present and contemporary themes are intertwined in period narrative. The results show that period telenovelas do not fictionalize the present through a historical setting, but rather explore the elements that connect the past with the present, highlighting timeless social and political problems that are still current in Chilean society. The analysis of the telenovelas Yo soy Lorenzo, set in the 1960s, and Hijos del Desierto, set in the 1930s, reveals how current themes and historical narrative intertwine to offer a reflection on Chilean society through the lens of the past, helping educate the citizenship in relevant current affairs.https://journals.openedition.org/alhim/13228Period Telenovela; Current Affairs; Past; Contemporary; Historiophoty. |
| spellingShingle | Alejandro Bruna Juan Pablo Sánchez Sepúlveda Exploring the Present Through the Lens of the Past: A Comparative Analysis of Yo soy Lorenzo and Hijos del Desierto Les Cahiers ALHIM Period Telenovela; Current Affairs; Past; Contemporary; Historiophoty. |
| title | Exploring the Present Through the Lens of the Past: A Comparative Analysis of Yo soy Lorenzo and Hijos del Desierto |
| title_full | Exploring the Present Through the Lens of the Past: A Comparative Analysis of Yo soy Lorenzo and Hijos del Desierto |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the Present Through the Lens of the Past: A Comparative Analysis of Yo soy Lorenzo and Hijos del Desierto |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the Present Through the Lens of the Past: A Comparative Analysis of Yo soy Lorenzo and Hijos del Desierto |
| title_short | Exploring the Present Through the Lens of the Past: A Comparative Analysis of Yo soy Lorenzo and Hijos del Desierto |
| title_sort | exploring the present through the lens of the past a comparative analysis of yo soy lorenzo and hijos del desierto |
| topic | Period Telenovela; Current Affairs; Past; Contemporary; Historiophoty. |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/alhim/13228 |
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