A vida em sete etapas : o simbolismo de Branca de Neve em Once upon a time.

Abstract

This dissertation aims to make the symbolic reading of the tale "Snow White" and explore its recurrence and reconstruction as myth in audiovisual media, especially on the television series Once upon a time. For this purpose, at first, a research was conducted on the fairy tale, examining the diversity of existing studies on this genre and the reiteration of it on the contemporary cultural production, given its importance to human and cultural trajectory of the subject. Furthermore, the study sought to conceptualize the symbol as well as understand its relevance to the interpretation of faerie narratives, considering that these tales allow self-knowledge. The second stage of the study turned to the "Snow White" tale, by performing an overview of its history as myth through the different versions of the story and its constant presence in literature as in audiovisual media. Moreover, it was proposed an interpretative reading of symbols related to the character. The third and final part of the research was composed from the reflection on the first season of Once upon a time, in which the character in analysis is the leading thread, mainly through the interpretation of the symbols found in the narrative. At the end of this study, it was verified that the recurrence of representative symbols of Snow White in the series enabled the recognition of the myth, while allowing new symbolic meanings, which made possible the reconstruction of the myth from a more humanized perspective, forming a new narrative.