TELEVISION’S SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHIES AND NARRATIVE AUTONOMY
OTHER WAYS OF TELLING AND REPRESENTING IN I MAY DESTROY YOU AND BETTER THINGS
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https://doi.org/10.53450/2179-1465.RG.2021v12i2p101-127Keywords:
tv shows, autofiction, narrative studiesAbstract
In this article, I present an initial analysis of how I May Destroy You and Better Things bring stories and representations that, permeated by the identities of their creators-scriptwriters-protagonists Michaela Coel and Pamela Adlon, sustain a certain level of narrative autonomy (MENDES, 2008) by refusing representational, textual and structural standards propagated by the American television industry and its hegemonic productions. Continuing my research dedicated to semi-autobiographical series, I discuss how these transgression factors are also linked to the way an ultrapersonalist autofictionalization process is operationalized in the script of such productions, which has been proliferating more and more on TV.
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