Figurações do medo em It: a coisa, de Stephen King
Data
2024-05-28
Autores
Santos, Danielle Alves dos 
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Philippov, Renata
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Dissertação de mestrado
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Esta pesquisa de mestrado visou analisar de que forma o medo é construído na obra IT: a Coisa (2017), de Stephen King, dentro do escopo do terror e do gótico. Tomamos como objetivos específicos compreender a construção da verossimilhança e seu jogo em relação aos eventos narrados, bem como a espacialidade presente na narrativa e a figuração de personagens, elementos muito importantes para entendermos a concepção do real e, a partir dela, analisarmos como o medo é suscitado. Para fins de bibliografia teórica, trabalhamos com Botting (2005), Cavallaro (2002), Punter (2012) e Rossi (2008), acerca da literatura gótica. Em relação ao medo, recorremos a Bauman (2008) e França (2022), além de King (2010). Em termos de estudos acerca de figuração de personagens, criaturas monstruosas, aranhas e palhaços, baseamo-nos em: Asma (2009), Cohen (1996), Oliveira Neto (2018), Radford (2016), Reis (2019) e Weinstock (2014). Outras referências importantes para o escopo teórico desta pesquisa foram: Christie (2017), Florence; Hafdahl (2020), Magistrale (2014) e Meyrer (2019), acerca de Stephen King e suas obras, principalmente em temas como conflitos familiares, terror e infância. Esta foi uma pesquisa de metodologia qualitativa de caráter bibliográfico, seguindo os paradigmas teórico-crítico e analítico-interpretativo. Esperamos com este trabalho compreender de que forma o medo acontece na narrativa de Stephen King e assim contribuir para a fortuna crítica já existente desse importante autor do terror moderno.
This Master's research aimed at analysing how fear is constructed in IT (2017), by Stephen King, within the scope of terror and gothic literatures. We specifically intended to understand the construction of verisimilitude, and its play in relation to the narrated events, as well as the setting present in the narrative and the figuration of characters, very important elements for us to grasp the conception of reality and, from it, to analyze how fear is fostered. For theoretical purposes, we resorted to Botting (2005), Cavallaro (2002), Punter (2012) and Rossi (2008), about gothic literature. Regarding fear, we turned to Bauman (2008) and França (2022), as well as to King (2010). In terms of studies on the figuration of characters, monstrous creatures, spiders and clowns, Asma (2009), Cohen (1996), Oliveira Neto (2018), Radford (2016), Reis (2019) and Weinstock (2014) were consulted. Other important references for the theoretical scope of this research were: Christie (2017), Florence; Hafdahl (2020), Magistrale (2014) and Meyrer (2019) on Stephen King and his works, mainly regarding themes such as family conflicts, terror and childhood. As far as methodology is concerned, this was a bibliographic qualitative research, following the theoretical-critical and analytical-interpretative paradigms. With this study, we hoped to understand how fear occurs in Stephen King's narrative and, thus, contribute to the already existing critical fortune on this important author of modern terror.
This Master's research aimed at analysing how fear is constructed in IT (2017), by Stephen King, within the scope of terror and gothic literatures. We specifically intended to understand the construction of verisimilitude, and its play in relation to the narrated events, as well as the setting present in the narrative and the figuration of characters, very important elements for us to grasp the conception of reality and, from it, to analyze how fear is fostered. For theoretical purposes, we resorted to Botting (2005), Cavallaro (2002), Punter (2012) and Rossi (2008), about gothic literature. Regarding fear, we turned to Bauman (2008) and França (2022), as well as to King (2010). In terms of studies on the figuration of characters, monstrous creatures, spiders and clowns, Asma (2009), Cohen (1996), Oliveira Neto (2018), Radford (2016), Reis (2019) and Weinstock (2014) were consulted. Other important references for the theoretical scope of this research were: Christie (2017), Florence; Hafdahl (2020), Magistrale (2014) and Meyrer (2019) on Stephen King and his works, mainly regarding themes such as family conflicts, terror and childhood. As far as methodology is concerned, this was a bibliographic qualitative research, following the theoretical-critical and analytical-interpretative paradigms. With this study, we hoped to understand how fear occurs in Stephen King's narrative and, thus, contribute to the already existing critical fortune on this important author of modern terror.