Maria Joana Reis Paiva Nunes de Melo, holds a Ph.D in Literary Science from the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa since 2011. Her doctoral thesis Desígnio Inteligente – Actualização da Poética de Aristóteles como Teoria do Método e Funcionalidade Específicos de uma Arte Audiovisual de Larga Difusão, (sponsored by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and advised by Professor Abel Barros Baptista, NOVA FCSH), establishes an in-depth connection between Greek Tragedy and American Film, pointing out the tragic structure, as described by Aristotle, as an everlasting prototype for commercial audiovisual fiction. Her current postdoctoral research at the IELT (Institute for the Study of Literature and Tradition) focuses on oracular speeches in Greek tragedy and its aesthetic equivalence in cinematography. She has published “Um Trágico Final Feliz” in the Universidade de Coimbra’s review Materialidades da Literatura, vol. 2; and «O alogon de Aristoteles e o drama de Billy Wilder», Metakinema.