Truth Takes Time: the Interplay between Heroines, Genres and Narratives in three J. J. Abrams’ Television Series
Other Titles: 
Truth Takes Time. Los vínculos entre heroínas, géneros y narrativas en tres series televisivas de J. J. Abrams
Keywords: 
J. J. Abrams
Television
Series
Narrative
Genre
Science-fiction
Televisión
Narrativa
Género
Ciencia-ficción
Issue Date: 
2013
Publisher: 
Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Navarra
ISSN: 
2174-0895
Citation: 
GARIN, M., “Truth takes time: the interplay between heroines, genres and narratives in three J.J. Abrams’ Television series”, Communication&Society/Comunicación y Sociedad, Vol. 26, n. 2, 2013, pp. 47‐64.
Abstract
This paper suggests that J. J. Abrams’ serial universe has been shaped by the management of truth and time bound to the great feminine protagonists in Felicty (WB, 1998-2002), Alias (ABC, 2001-2006) and Fringe (FOX, 2008-2013), analyzed as a progression at three levels: the character’s heroic identity, the thematic and generic mutations that take shape, and the ideas of serial timing that undermine space-time continuity. From a series that assimilates its moulds and plays at denouncing them (Felicity) to a series exploring the traps of time by inhabiting its limits (Alias), and one that transforms such ambiguities into an ontological division between parallel universes (Fringe). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- El presente artículo analiza cómo el universo serial de J. J. Abrams ha evolucionado a partir de la gestión de la verdad y el tiempo ligada a sus grandes protagonistas femeninas en Felicity (WB, 1998-2002), Alias (ABC, 2001-2006) y Fringe (FOX, 2008-2013), mediante una progresión a tres niveles: la identidad cambiante de sus heroínas, las mutaciones genéricas que corrompen tal identidad, y las ideas de temporalidad serial que socavan la continuidad espacio-tiempo. De una serie que asimila sus moldes y juega a denunciarlos (Felicity) a otra que explora las trampas del tiempo habitando sus límites (Alias), y a otra que transforma esos interrogantes en una división ontológica entre universos paralelos (Fringe).

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