The self in the mirror: forms of autobiographical narrative in “Baby Reindeer”

Authors

  • Anna Bisogno Universitas Mercatorum

Keywords:

TV seriality, platforms, narrative ecosystem, complex TV, media studies

Abstract

This essay examines Baby Reindeer as a paradigmatic example of post-media serial storytelling, in which autobiography, performance, and the representation of pain converge into a hybrid and unsettling narrative form. The analysis adopts a comparative and interdisciplinary approach that integrates television studies, cultural theory, and narrative analysis. Through a close reading of the episodes, the study highlights the formal, temporal, and stylistic strategies that redefine the relationship between author, viewer, and self-narration within contemporary audiovisual culture.

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Author Biography

Anna Bisogno, Universitas Mercatorum

Anna Bisogno is associate professor of Film, Radio, and Television at Universitas Mercatorum. Her research explores television studies, the history of Italian television, and the evolving narratives at the crossroads of broadcasting, digital platforms, and social media. Her publications include La Storia in TV. Immagine e memoria collettiva (Carocci) and La TV invadente. Il reality del dolore da Vermicino ad Avetrana (Carocci). For RaiPlay, she co-authored with Lorenza Fruci the format 30x70. Se dico donna… (2024), a series celebrating thirty women who have marked seventy years of RAI.

Published

2025-12-15

How to Cite

Bisogno, A. (2025). The self in the mirror: forms of autobiographical narrative in “Baby Reindeer”. SigMa - Rivista Di Letterature Comparate, Teatro E Arti Dello Spettacolo, (9), 405–421. Retrieved from https://serena.sharepress.it/index.php/sigma/article/view/12760

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