UPDATING TREND IN ELIZABETH HARMON CHARACTER FROM THE MINISSERIES THE QUEEN’S GAMBITO FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PERSON-CENTERED APPROACH

Abstract

This study describes Elizabeth Harmon's life story and career of Elizabeth Harmon's character from the miniseries The Queen's Gammon. The objective was to discover the meaning of the chess game in the manifestation of the Updating Trend, one of the central concepts of the Person-Centered Approach. An interlocution was made between personality theory, updating trends, creativity, and miniseries to develop the objective. For the information collection, it was considered the scenes centered on the narratives of the life story and the actions of the character Beth. For the analysis and discussion of the results, two thematic units were elaborated: the first refers to the childhood phase, in which Beth begins to live in a shelter, where she learns to play chess, and in her adolescence is adopted, starting in professional tournaments, in the second analysis refers to the beginning of her adult phase with alcohol dependence, compromising her career as a chess player. The results present how the chess game has become a possibility for Beth and the Tendency to update themselves in response to the adversities experienced in meeting an organizational regulation for her life.