Gótico brasileño: el cine de Walter Hugo Khouri y José Mojica Marins

Daniel Serravalle De Sá

doi:10.5195/ct/2021.516

Abstract

This paper seeks to connect the concepts of “terror” and “horror” proposed by Gothic novelist Ann Radcliffe to films by Brazilian directors Walter Hugo Khouri and José Mojica Marins. It will be discussed here how such concepts manifest themselves in the national context and in which senses, trapped somewhere between repetition and difference, Khouri and Mojica’s films can be deemed expressions of a Brazilian Gothic. Stemming from elements derived from Anglo-American criticism, but, highlighting the different meanings that these elements gain in Brazil. To interpret Brazilian films in the light of the Gothic means addressing the issue of “construction of meaning” in national history, as the Gothic has the potential to revive old traumas and generate discussions about specific social contexts.

Highlights

“construction of meaning” in national history, as the Gothic has the potential to revive old traumas and generate discussions about specific social contexts.
Por demás de las ropas victorianas de Zé do Caixão, la representación de la violencia política refleja aquí una expresión brasileña del gótico, que se materializa a partir de un discurso de degeneración nacional, social y humana.
Aun valiéndose de elementos, imágenes y situaciones encontradas en el gótico angloamericano, los filmes analizados abordan traumas colectivos e individuales (relacionados a cuestiones de género, clase, raza, sexualidad y violencia) que remiten al contexto nacional, caracterizándose como expresiones únicas del gótico en el cine brasileño.

Summary

Introduction

“construction of meaning” in national history, as the Gothic has the potential to revive old traumas and generate discussions about specific social contexts.

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