Fan participation in the construction of transmedial narratives

Authors

  • Camila Augusta Pires de Figueiredo Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/cadletrasuff.2017n54a367

Keywords:

fan, participation, transmedial narrative.

Abstract

Present in several contemporary cultural products, transmedia transforms the act of narrating stories in a multiplatform experience based on the triad media convergence, participatory culture and collective intelligence. In this essay, we will examine the possible types of participation in transmedial productions, using as example the case of the British TV series Sherlock, in which fan contributions were incorporated into the canonical content of the franchise.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22409/cadletrasuff.2017n54a367

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Author Biography

Camila Augusta Pires de Figueiredo, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Doutorado em Estudos Literários - Literatura Comparada/Literatura, Artes e Mídias pelo Poslit/UFMG (CAPES 7), com período sanduíche realizado na Technische Universität Braunschweig (Alemanha). Possui Mestrado em Literaturas de Expressão Inglesa e Bacharelado em Língua Inglesa, ambos pela UFMG. Atuou como professora (estágio docência) em curso de graduação na UFMG. Como graduanda, participou de projetos de iniciação científica e de intercâmbio acadêmico com bolsa da CAPES/FIPSE na Wayne State University (Detroit/EUA). Integra o Grupo de Pesquisa Intermídia, coordenado pela Profa. Thaïs Flores Nogueira Diniz. É coordenadora editorial da Editora UFMG. Seus interesses de pesquisa são: literatura e outros sistemas semióticos, tradução intersemiótica, adaptação fílmica, romances gráficos, transmidialidade e intermidialidade.

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Published

2017-06-30

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FIGUEIREDO, C. A. P. DE. Fan participation in the construction of transmedial narratives. Caderno de Letras da UFF, v. 27, n. 54, p. 75-90, 30 Jun. 2017.

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Vol. 27 No. 54 (2017): Languages in network

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