Spiritualists symbologies in television drama: religiosity in the fictional universe of Rede Globo

Abstract

This study articulates and systematize the results of a study that sought to understand the mystical-religious senses addressed by the soap operas of RedeGlobo, from the analysis of fictional works Amor Eterno Amor, A Viagem e EscritonasEstrelas, freely inspired by the spiritual doctrine of Allan Kardec. Inserting the epistemological field of Cultural Studies, started from the premise that television drama influences the social globalization various themes, including religious, instigating interactions in the public sphere which, empathic and sensory way, is left to affect the content fiction. Under this view, the novels disseminate new interpretations of the religious universe, promoting dynamics of sociability, woven from the redefinition of their stories, which show polysemic and instigate new rationales. Given this theoretical horizon, thinking about the role of television drama in religiosities approach shows up an important research perspective to the field of communication, as it reflects the process of contemporary media coverage, marked by the interpenetration of media logic in various social fields, in particularly with regard to religion-culture binomial. In this sense, the study indicates that messages of television fiction transcend temporality in which they were written, as they produce appropriations that generate new symbolic practices in the social space, setting privileged environments for the spread of religious symbols and archetypes.