La reina del (melo)drama. La representación cinematográfica de Victoria del Reino Unido

Abstract

espanolEn este texto nos proponemos destacar los aspectos mas significativos de las estrategias de representacion -esteticas y narrativas- que entretejen los discursos de los filmes dedicados a Victoria del Reino Unido durante las dos primeras decadas del siglo XXI: The Young Victoria (Jean-Marc Vallee, 2009), Mrs. Brown (John Madden, 1997) y Victoria & Abdul (Stephen Frears, 2017) identificando que elecciones biograficas son destacan en ellas -que aspectos se enfatizan, omiten o inventan- con el fin de comprender los mecanismos de articulacion de las diferentes imagenes filmicas de la monarca britanica y emperatriz de la India. EnglishIn this article we intend to focus on the most significant aspects of the aesthetic and narrative strategies which interwave the filmic discourses devoted to Victoria of the United Kingdom along the first two decades of the 21st century: The Young Victoria (Jean-Marc Vallee, 2009), Mrs. Brown (John Madden, 1997) and Victoria & Abdul (Stephen Frears, 2017). Our aim is to identify which biographical choices are emphasized –that is, which facets are highlighted, omitted or invented– in order to understand which mechanisms articulate several filmic images of the British monarch and Empress of the India.