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Versión pre-print, publicada online con permiso de Comunicación Social 1 3. Relato fílmico frente a relato serial: los casos de Fargo y Hannibal Alberto Nahum García Martínez (Universidad de Navarra) Desde finales de los años noventa, el relato televisivo ha sufrido un terremoto que ha convertido a la televisión en "una máquina perfecta de contar historias".(39) Aunque la "Complex TV"(40) actual encuentre precedentes en los avances de Hill Street Blues (NBC, 1981-87) o Twin Peaks (ABC, 1990-91), fue el éxito global de The Sopranos (HBO, 1999-2007) el que más decisivamente contribuyó a generar el círculo virtuoso de lo que se ha dado en llamar la Tercera Edad Dorada de la ficción televisiva. La historia del mafioso de New Jersey pavimentó el camino para una nueva forma de narración televisiva: más sofisticada estéticamente, más atrevida temáticamente y dirigida a un espectador más educado narratológicamente. Desde perspectivas complementarias-en ocasiones, incluso opuestas-series como) han contribuido a que la teleserialidad se haya convertido en un vehículo privilegiado para narrar historias de largo recorrido. Este capítulo pretende analizar las características esenciales de la narrativa televisiva contemporánea para compararlas con las del largometraje cinematográfico tradicional. En consecuencia, explicaremos en primer lugar las diferencias que la ficción televisiva y fílmica tienen en cuanto a unidad narrativa y progresión dramática: la duración textual, el tiempo de consumo y la combinación de la "anthology plot" y la "running plot". En segundo lugar, examinaremos los conceptos de adaptación y remake, en los que tanto la memoria como la originalidad juegan un papel crucial para el éxito de cualquier derivación diegética. Tras aclarar el marco teórico, aplicaremos la teoría al análisis de dos series de televisión recientes basadas en largometrajes de éxito: la primera temporada de Fargo (FX, 2014-), una suerte de remake-secuela de la película de los hermanos Coen del año 1995; y las tres de Hannibal (NBC, 2013-15), un reboot de la franquicia de El silencio de los corderos (The Silence of the Lambs, Jonathan Demme, 1991) que intenta llenar los huecos previos al nacimiento del personaje en la novela El dragón rojo, de Thomas Harris.
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