Vazio e subjetividade: retratos da infância nas graphic novels de Neil Gaiman e Dave Mckean
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Resumo: | Childhood is one of the constant themes in Neil Gaiman’s narratives, manifesting itself in several textual genres. Deprived of nostalgia, childhood, in the works of Gaiman, is a menacing environment, of insecurity, uncertainty: children know very little of the world and what they know only inspire fear. This becomes even more clear in the works narrated in first person about recollections of childhood; the narrators can’t point exactly what happened in their past, creating gaps in their memories. Through this, the fantastic element manifests itself in the narratives: maybe, amidst the remembered events, there are fantastic aspects, something supernatural, or maybe it’s just the results of the gaps in their memories. Being that Gaiman is know for his work in comics – mainly for Sandman (1989 – 1996) -, it doesn’t cause surprise that this game between memory and childhood also appear in this genre. It is the case of the works that are objects of this research, Violent Cases (1987) and Mr. Punch (1994): both illustrated by Dave McKean, they deal with a adult narrator remembering events of their childhood, which they are not sure really happened. With this in mind, the research proposed in this dissertation offers a discussion about how the gaps in the memories of the narrators manifests themselves in the works, and how the unique language of comics expose said gaps to the reader: emptiness and forgetfulness, therefore, is the main theme of debate. For that we’ll create a dialogue between literary theory and comics theory to observe how this theories relate to one another and, through this, study how the emptiness is used in the mentioned works, pointing out where they approach each other and where they depart, starting from the hypothesis that there is some kind of correlation between the empty spaces between the panels – know as ‘gutter’ – and the forgetfulness of the narrators. |
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Vazio e subjetividade: retratos da infância nas graphic novels de Neil Gaiman e Dave MckeanEmptiness and subjectivity: representations of childhood in the graphic novels of Neil Gaiman and Dave MckeanInfânciaLiteratura de língua inglesaMemóriaNeil GaimanQuadrinhosChildhoodLiterature of the english languageMemoryComicsCNPQ::LINGUISTICA, LETRAS E ARTES::LETRASChildhood is one of the constant themes in Neil Gaiman’s narratives, manifesting itself in several textual genres. Deprived of nostalgia, childhood, in the works of Gaiman, is a menacing environment, of insecurity, uncertainty: children know very little of the world and what they know only inspire fear. This becomes even more clear in the works narrated in first person about recollections of childhood; the narrators can’t point exactly what happened in their past, creating gaps in their memories. Through this, the fantastic element manifests itself in the narratives: maybe, amidst the remembered events, there are fantastic aspects, something supernatural, or maybe it’s just the results of the gaps in their memories. Being that Gaiman is know for his work in comics – mainly for Sandman (1989 – 1996) -, it doesn’t cause surprise that this game between memory and childhood also appear in this genre. It is the case of the works that are objects of this research, Violent Cases (1987) and Mr. Punch (1994): both illustrated by Dave McKean, they deal with a adult narrator remembering events of their childhood, which they are not sure really happened. With this in mind, the research proposed in this dissertation offers a discussion about how the gaps in the memories of the narrators manifests themselves in the works, and how the unique language of comics expose said gaps to the reader: emptiness and forgetfulness, therefore, is the main theme of debate. For that we’ll create a dialogue between literary theory and comics theory to observe how this theories relate to one another and, through this, study how the emptiness is used in the mentioned works, pointing out where they approach each other and where they depart, starting from the hypothesis that there is some kind of correlation between the empty spaces between the panels – know as ‘gutter’ – and the forgetfulness of the narrators.Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPESA infância é uma das constantes nas narrativas de Neil Gaiman, manifestando-se nos mais diversos gêneros textuais. Desprovida de nostalgia, a infância, nas obras de Gaiman, é um ambiente ameaçador, de inseguranças e incertezas: as crianças conhecem pouco do mundo e o que conhecem apenas inspira medo. Isso fica ainda mais claro em obras narradas em primeira pessoa e que giram em torno de recordações da infância; os narradores não sabem apontar com exatidão o que aconteceu no passado, formando lacunas em suas memórias. É através disso que o elemento fantástico se manifesta nas obras: pode ser que, em meio aos eventos recordados pelo narrador, haja aspectos fantásticos, algo de sobrenatural, ou pode ser que isso seja apenas resultado das incertezas referentes às suas lembranças. Sendo que Gaiman é conhecido por sua obra em quadrinhos – principalmente por Sandman (1989 – 1996) -, não causa surpresa o fato de que esse jogo entre memória e infância também se manifeste nesse gênero. É o caso das obras que serão objetos desta pesquisa, Violent Cases (1987) e Mr. Punch (1994): ambas são ilustradas pelo artista Dave McKean e tratam de um narrador adulto recordando eventos traumáticos da infância, sobre os quais não há certeza se realmente aconteceram. Tendo isso em vista, a pesquisa proposta nesta dissertação oferece uma discussão a respeito de como as lacunas nas memórias dos narradores se manifestam nas obras, e de que maneira a linguagem única dos quadrinhos expõe essas lacunas ao leitor: o vazio e o esquecimento, portanto, são os principais temas de debate. Para isso, partiremos de um diálogo entre teoria literária e teoria dos quadrinhos com o intuito de observar como essas teorias se relacionam e assim estudar como o vazio é empregado nas obras em questão, em quais pontos as narrativas se aproximam e em quais se distanciam, partindo da hipótese de que há uma correlação entre o espaço em branco entre os painéis – chamado de ‘sarjeta’ – e o esquecimento dos narradores.Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrasilLetrasUFSMPrograma de Pós-Graduação em LetrasCentro de Artes e LetrasTavares, Enéias Fariashttp://lattes.cnpq.br/1655076745935830Paz, Demétrio Alveshttp://lattes.cnpq.br/2272620373111968Werlang, Gérson Luíshttp://lattes.cnpq.br/0962194447635657Kurowsky, Kleber2019-03-01T12:35:18Z2019-03-01T12:35:18Z2018-12-13info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttp://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/15826porAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Manancial - Repositório Digital da UFSMinstname:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)instacron:UFSM2022-04-12T14:13:29Zoai:repositorio.ufsm.br:1/15826Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertaçõeshttps://repositorio.ufsm.br/ONGhttps://repositorio.ufsm.br/oai/requestatendimento.sib@ufsm.br||tedebc@gmail.comopendoar:2022-04-12T14:13:29Manancial - Repositório Digital da UFSM - Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)false |
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Vazio e subjetividade: retratos da infância nas graphic novels de Neil Gaiman e Dave Mckean Emptiness and subjectivity: representations of childhood in the graphic novels of Neil Gaiman and Dave Mckean |
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Vazio e subjetividade: retratos da infância nas graphic novels de Neil Gaiman e Dave Mckean Kurowsky, Kleber Infância Literatura de língua inglesa Memória Neil Gaiman Quadrinhos Childhood Literature of the english language Memory Comics CNPQ::LINGUISTICA, LETRAS E ARTES::LETRAS |
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Vazio e subjetividade: retratos da infância nas graphic novels de Neil Gaiman e Dave Mckean |
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Tavares, Enéias Farias http://lattes.cnpq.br/1655076745935830 Paz, Demétrio Alves http://lattes.cnpq.br/2272620373111968 Werlang, Gérson Luís http://lattes.cnpq.br/0962194447635657 |
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Infância Literatura de língua inglesa Memória Neil Gaiman Quadrinhos Childhood Literature of the english language Memory Comics CNPQ::LINGUISTICA, LETRAS E ARTES::LETRAS |
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Infância Literatura de língua inglesa Memória Neil Gaiman Quadrinhos Childhood Literature of the english language Memory Comics CNPQ::LINGUISTICA, LETRAS E ARTES::LETRAS |
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Childhood is one of the constant themes in Neil Gaiman’s narratives, manifesting itself in several textual genres. Deprived of nostalgia, childhood, in the works of Gaiman, is a menacing environment, of insecurity, uncertainty: children know very little of the world and what they know only inspire fear. This becomes even more clear in the works narrated in first person about recollections of childhood; the narrators can’t point exactly what happened in their past, creating gaps in their memories. Through this, the fantastic element manifests itself in the narratives: maybe, amidst the remembered events, there are fantastic aspects, something supernatural, or maybe it’s just the results of the gaps in their memories. Being that Gaiman is know for his work in comics – mainly for Sandman (1989 – 1996) -, it doesn’t cause surprise that this game between memory and childhood also appear in this genre. It is the case of the works that are objects of this research, Violent Cases (1987) and Mr. Punch (1994): both illustrated by Dave McKean, they deal with a adult narrator remembering events of their childhood, which they are not sure really happened. With this in mind, the research proposed in this dissertation offers a discussion about how the gaps in the memories of the narrators manifests themselves in the works, and how the unique language of comics expose said gaps to the reader: emptiness and forgetfulness, therefore, is the main theme of debate. For that we’ll create a dialogue between literary theory and comics theory to observe how this theories relate to one another and, through this, study how the emptiness is used in the mentioned works, pointing out where they approach each other and where they depart, starting from the hypothesis that there is some kind of correlation between the empty spaces between the panels – know as ‘gutter’ – and the forgetfulness of the narrators. |
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