Languages of inhabiting: Farroupilhas residences under the gaze of the television media from historical documents

Abstract

The paper analyzes the mini-series “O Tempo e o Vento” (Time and the Wind, Rede Globo,1985) and “A Casa das Sete Mulheres” (The House of the Seven Women, Rede Globo, 2003), aiming to identify how fiction present in literature portraying the types of dwelling existing during the period of “Revolução Farroupilha” (The War of the Farrapos, farrapos meaning tatters, rags) is translated into an audiovisual production. Within historical television programs, the scenario becomes, in general, source of reference for the vast majority of viewers with respect of the time narrated. Therefore, it becomes relevant to reflect on how the representation of past times households is depicted by the television media, mainly on national television programs and with high ratings of audience, trying to identify what is the participation of historical documents as source of research when building the scenarios. References are based on theoretical concepts of the Theory of Interpretation, of Paul Ricoeur, as well as on notions of ambience, of Jean Baudrillard and of television scenery, of João Batista Cardoso. It makes a comparative analysis between the scenarios of the two mini-series, having as time window the period of “Revolução Farroupilha”(1835-1845): the scenarios are analyzed under the light of the literature of Érico Verissimo and Leticia Wierchowski, and compared with historical documents, like household blueprints of the period, besides of wills and inventories of the period studied.