O herói mítico e a construção da personagem na série de TV Dexter

Abstract

The present research proposes a study about the myth of the hero in the construction of the character from the study of the TV series Dexter case. On the series, currently on its fifth season, Dexter Morgan is a hero with a very unusual code of conduct: his modus operandi only allows him to kill other serial killers. Hero murderer? That's the doubt that hovers over the character. As a theoretical referential we dialogue with the studies about the mythic hero and its presence in the Cultural Industry of the American research Joseph Campbell and the Italian semiotician Umberto Eco, with the pathway of the hero proposed by Wladimir Propp, with the concept of symbol and shadow by the psychoanalyst C. G. Jung besides the studies about the construction of the hero on movies scripts by Christopher Vloger. To deal with the fictional character, we investigate the theories about the theme of the researchers Antonio Candido and Fernando Segolin. The studied object is the first season of the series, broadcasted in 2006 in the United States, in 2007 in Brazil on the FZ Chanel and in 2010 on the Rede TV! Channel. After the appreciation of the character, we realize tha a new kind of hero is in course on the TV series. Dexter is the good and the bad guy, hero and, at the same time, murderer. More complexes, they transit between good and evil, defying the dichotomous positioning.