ANTYBOHATEROWIE NEOSERIALI – GRA (Z) WARTOŚCIAMI
ANTIHEROES OF NEO TV SERIES: A GAME WITH/OF VALUES

Summary/Abstract: The article presents results of the analysis of four neo TV series: House M.D., Dexter, Breaking Bad, House of Cards. The new TV series, despite their roots in older television forms, by and large radically break up with this tradition. The fundamental objective of the research is to describe the most important values realized by the antiheroes as well as to demonstrate main discursive strategies employed in creating serial plots with their participation. The post-soap makers play a peculiar game with their viewers placing in the foreground discursive strategies referring to ethical relativism. In contrast to tradi- tional, “axiologically safe” TV series, post-soaps may be defined as “axiologically fuzzy”. Neo TV series question the established values, including family, showing that it is not an easy form of coexistence and not always provides happiness for an individual.

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