The third bank of the river and interfaces between short stories, theater and soap operas

The aim of this research was to present possible interfaces between the short story A Terceira Margem do Rio by João Guimarães Rosa; the play Terceira Margem , directed and performed by Carlos Lagoeiro; and the soap opera Pantanal , a 1990 version, written by Benedito Ruy Barbosa, directed by Jayme Monjardim, Carlos Magalhães, Marcelo de Barreto and Roberto Naar. The methodology was based on the comparison of existing literature, both bibliographic and digital, combined with my qualitative interpretation, through interfaces, in the intersemiotic field. Main results: 1) narrative adaptation, between the short story and the theater, was achieved through the director/actor's monologue, wooden puppets and their speeches, canoes and the symbolism of the river; 2) approximations between the short story and the soap opera: a) narratives involving the supernatural - Juma (a jaguar-woman), the mysterious guitarist Trindade and the old man of the river and his transformation into the snake Sucuri; b) setting between scenarios; c) the characters' speeches; d) the waters of the São Francisco River and the Rio Negro and their re-significations for each narrative (the short story, the theater and the soap opera).