The «return» of the author in true crime: Tor, tretze cases i tres morts (TV3, 2024)

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  • Charo Lacalle Zalduendo Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Abstract

This article analyses the narrative construction of the empirical author in Tor, Tretze cases i tres morts, the true crime directed by Carles Porta for TV3 in 2024. It is assumed that, unlike the news genres, the author/narrator/character of true crime structures the story around the semiological (Barthesian) adventure of his own representation. The narrative ecosystem of Tor, whose transmedia expansion includes two books by Porta on the documentary series, makes it an exemplary text in terms of the creative strategy of contemporary true crime. The procedure presents interesting similarities with La préparation du roman, Roland Barthes' Grand Project of constructing a work structured around the need to combine the author's own exposition with the introjection of the other. The exploration of this process is the object of the present study.

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Charo Lacalle Zalduendo, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Charo Lacalle is a Full Professor of Journalism at the Faculty of Communication Science at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). She holds degrees in Journalism and Philosopy. As a Visiting Professor, she has taught classes and seminars in several European and American universities. She coordinates the research group OFENT (Observatory of Spanish Fiction and New Technologies) and the Spanish group of OBITEL (Ibero-American Observatory of TV Fiction), where she has developed various research projects on social construction of identities in television and internet. A semiologist and specialist in audiovisual analysis, Dr. Lacalle has numerous publications in books and prestigious journals specialized in media communications ( Critical Studies in Media Communication, International Journal of Digital Television, Comunicar, Communications: European Journal of Communications ). Her last book: (In)dignidades médiaticas en la sociedad digital (Cátedra).

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2024-12-20

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Lacalle Zalduendo, C. (2024). The «return» of the author in true crime: Tor, tretze cases i tres morts (TV3, 2024). EU-topías. A Journal on Interculturality, Communication, and European Studies, 28. Retrieved from https://turia.uv.es/index.php/eutopias/article/view/29767
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Vol. 28 (2024)

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