2900 Happiness - Aarhus Universitet

Indhold
I: INDLEDNING________________________________________________________________ 3
Specialets metode ____________________________________________________________________ 5
Specialets empiri _____________________________________________________________________ 7
II: SOAP OPERAEN OG DENS HISTORIE _________________________________________ 8
Husmødre, Colgate og serier ___________________________________________________________ 8
Den amerikanske soap opera ___________________________________________________________ 9
Soap opera som tv-serie ______________________________________________________________ 10
De latinamerikanske telenovas ________________________________________________________ 14
Kina og propaganda _________________________________________________________________ 15
Indien og glamour ___________________________________________________________________ 15
Den britiske soap opera ______________________________________________________________ 16
Danmark og soap operaen ____________________________________________________________ 17
Opsamling _________________________________________________________________________ 20
III: SOAP OPERA SOM GENRE _________________________________________________ 20
Tragedien og soap opera _____________________________________________________________ 22
Komedien og soap operaen ___________________________________________________________ 23
Melodramaet og soap operaen_________________________________________________________ 23
En genredefinition af soap operaen ____________________________________________________ 24
Tematikker ______________________________________________________________________________ 25
Karakterer ______________________________________________________________________________ 25
Settings _________________________________________________________________________________ 26
Det narrative ____________________________________________________________________________ 27
Soap operaen – en genredefinition i bevægelse ___________________________________________ 28
Hvad er ikke soap? __________________________________________________________________ 29
Daytime og primetime _____________________________________________________________________ 30
Afrunding _________________________________________________________________________ 31
IV: 2900 HAPPINESS SOM SOAP OPERA _________________________________________ 32
Den lukkede verden - miljøet i 2900 Happiness ___________________________________________ 33
De gode, de onde og dem midt imellem - karaktererne i 2900 Happiness ______________________ 37
Karakterer i centrum _____________________________________________________________________ 41
Konflikter, intriger og familien - tematikker i 2900 Happiness ______________________________ 42
Det narrative _______________________________________________________________________ 48
Brugen af cliff-hanger _____________________________________________________________________ 56
Brugen af flashbacks ______________________________________________________________________ 58
Soap opera og sendehyppighed ________________________________________________________ 59
Afrunding _________________________________________________________________________ 60
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