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Mestrado Valter Henrique Fritsch VALTER HENRIQUE FRITSCH “ONE STEPS AWAY FROM GOD”: AN ANALYSIS OF JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY’S DOUBT, A PARABLE THROUGH A HERMENEUTICS OF THE IMAGINARY PORTO ALEGRE 2012 UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL INSTITUTO DE LETRAS PROGRAMA DE PÓS -GRADUAÇÃO EM LETRAS MESTRADO EM LITERATURAS DE LÍNGUA INGLESA LINHA DE PESQUISA: LITERATURA, IMAGINÁRIO E HISTÓRIA “One Steps Away From God”: An A nalysis of John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt, a Parable through a Hermeneutics of the I maginary Dissertação submetida à Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Letras na ênfase Literaturas de Língua Inglesa Mestrando: Valter Henrique Fritsch Orientadora: Sandra Sirangelo Maggio Porto Alegre 2012 3 FICHA CATALOGRÁFICA FRITSCH, Valter Henrique. “One Steps Away From God”: An Analysis of John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt, a Parable through a Hermeneutics of the Imaginary Valter Henrique Fritsch Porto Alegre: UFRGS, Instituto de Letras, ano. 2012. 125p. Dissertação (Mestrado - Programa de Pós-graduação em Letras) Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. 1. John Patrick Shanley 2. Doubt, a Parable 3. Teatro Norte-Americano Contemporâneo 4. Estudos do Imaginário 4 Dedico este trabalho à memória de minha mãe Wilmara, pela pessoa que foi e por todo o amor, generosidade e gostosuras que espalhou enquanto esteve entre nós. Que ela possa saber que mesmo não estando aqui, seu amor pode ser sentido e que cada palavra aqui escrita possa ser também uma forma de homenageá-la, pois sou eu, seu filho, escrevendo, e prosseguindo a nossa caminhada nessa linda jornada. Nos encontraremos do outro lado do véu, disto eu não tenho dúvida. 5 AGRADECIMENTOS Agradecer é uma forma de reconhecer que não caminhamos sozinhos. Muitas foram as luzes que auxiliaram a iluminar o caminho que me trouxe até aqui hoje. Espero não esquecer ninguém. Agradeço em primeiro lugar a energia divina que me põe de pé todos os dias, chame-a de Deus, Deusa, Luz, ou Presença Divina, e as lindas luzes que foram depositadas em meu caminho – aqui as chamo de amigos ou irmãos. Obrigado a minha avó, por me amar tanto, e às minhas irmãs Vanessa e Deise, por estarem do meu lado, especialmente neste último ano. Ao Brayan, por ser tão especial e amoroso – o melhor afilhado do mundo. Aos meus primos amados, em especial o Júnior e o Igor, pelas conversas animadas e pelas palavras amigas, quando o coração chorava por dentro. A minha tia Inês e a meu tio Leandro, pelo carinho e o colo dados quando o chão parecia sair debaixo dos pés. A minha Sociedade do Anel particular: Jaque, Lu, Gabi, Joana, Davi, Claudio, Kemi, Ana Íris, Vivi, Pedro, Zaeca, e Marquinhos, por encherem minha vida de emoções literárias e factuais. À Kaka por ter voltado pra minha vida quando eu mais precisava. À “mãe” Jussimara, ao Paulo e aos maninhos Vini e Bruno, por me adotarem e me preencherem de momentos felizes, no meio de uma Natureza Sanadora. À Jô, ao Guego e ao Gui, por ser quem são e por estarem junto de mim em momentos muito bons e naqueles que não foram tão bons. À Ju e à Jô pelos abraços, palavras amigas de incentivo e pelo imenso amor que cultivamos uns pelos outros. À CAPES e à PROPG pela bolsa de estudos que possibilitou a dedicação a esta pesquisa e ao PAG INGLÊS que me envolveu em um projeto adorável. Ao Drama Club, pela alegria e beleza que espalhamos com nossas canções. À Paulina Nólibos por me ensinar a amar o teatro. Agradeço aos professores Ana Lúcia Liberato Tettamanzy, Claudio Vescia Zanini e Rita Lenira de Freitas Bittencourt pela leitura atenta desta dissertação de mestrado. Aos professores do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras da UFRGS, pelas aulas inspiradoras. Agradeço em especial a minha amada orientadora Sandra Maggio, por pegar minha mão e apontar a direção a ser seguida com firmeza e afabilidade. Mais do que isso, agradeço à Sandra por ser uma amiga tão doce, e um ser humano generoso, que sempre esteve por perto, extrapolando o papel de orientadora para além dos limites acadêmicos. Por fim, agradeço ao Isra, pela sua incrível capacidade de suportar os reveses da vida ao meu lado sempre com um abraço, um sorriso e olhos marejados. Obrigado por tudo, meu amor. Obrigado a todos vocês, minhas pequenas luzes, possa eu oferecer em dobro o tanto que todos fizeram por mim. O coração de um homem é feliz, quando habitado por amigos 6 RESUMO A peça Doubt, a Parable (2004) de John Patrick Shanley revisita o mundo que ele conheceu quando criança – o bairro do Bronx dos anos 1960. A história se desenrola em uma comunidade escolar católica ítalo-irlandesa e o enredo diz respeito a uma dúvida – que se transforma em crença – por parte de uma das personagens, Irmã Aloysius, a diretora da escola. Ela acredita que o Padre Flynn esteja molestando sexualmente o único aluno negro da escola. A peça é uma construção em aberto, que permite a cada leitor/espectador construir sua própria interpretação dos fatos. Além de ser o autor da peça, Shanley também transformou seu texto teatral em roteiro para o cinema, e atuou como produtor da peça e roteirista e diretor do filme Dúvida , de 2008. Nesta dissertação examino as estratégias utilizadas por Shanley para manter a possibilidade de interpretação aberta quando ele traduz sua obra para mídias diferentes – na página, no palco, no cinema. Ao empreender tal análise, considero pertinente explorar padrões contemporâneos sobre questões como verdade, dúvida e certeza, porque as mesmas encontram-se imbricadas com o construto artístico examinado, favorecendo assim um olhar atento sobre o papel do autor e do leitor nesse processo. Para investigar as construções ideológicas que definem os elementos de dúvida e certeza, utilizo o conceito de Paradoxo do Imaginário, como proposto por Castor Bartolomé Ruiz (2003), dando especial atenção às questões relacionadas com o simbolismo da dúvida, tal como pode ser percebido na obra de Shanley. Palavras Chave: John Patrick Shanley – Doubt, a Parable – Teatro Norte-Americano Contemporâneo – Estudos do Imaginário 7 ABSTRACT John Patrick Shanley’s play Doubt - a Parable (2004) revisits the world he knew as a child, which is the Bronx of the 1960’s. The story centers upon a Catholic Irish-Italian school community, and the plot relates to a doubt - that grows into belief, and ends up as certainty - on the part of Sister Aloysius, the principal of the school, who is persuaded that Father Flynn, the vicar, has been harassing the only Black student in the school. The play is an open-ended construct, allowing each reader/spectator to build their own interpretation of the facts implied. Shanley is more than the author of the play. He has also worked as the producer of the play on the stage and he turned the story into a movie screenplay, Doubt , and has worked as a director to the movie. In this thesis I examine the strategies used by Shanley to keep the possibility of interpretation open as he translates his own work into different media, on the page, on the stage and on the screen. As I do that, I also consider the contemporary standards regarding issues as truth, doubt, certainty, especially as they constitute themselves aesthetically in the fictional world, thus reexamining the role of the author and the role of the reader in the process. So as to investigate the ideological constructions that define the elements of doubt and certainty I refer to the concept of “paradoxes of the imaginary” as proposed by Castor Bartolomé Ruiz (2003), with special attention to questions concerning the symbolism of doubt as perceived in Shanley. Key words: John Patrick Shanley – Doubt, a Parable – Contemporary American Drama – Studies of the Imaginary 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................10 1. A Play Carved on Doubts …………………………….……….…………………...23 1.1 John Patrick Shanley in the Present American Scene ………………..……..…….…....23 1.2 Doubt on the Page……...….……………….…………………….…………..….……....31 1.3 Doubt on the Screen………………..……………………………………..……………..40 2. Shaping the Imaginary ………………………………………...…………...……...46 2.1 The Paradoxes of the Imaginary………………...…………………………...………… 49 2.2 Dream Language or the Imaginary Schemes…...…...…….………...……..………........57 2.3 The Nature of the Symbols……………...…………………………………………....…61 3 Unveiling the Symbolic …….………………………….....……………….….……..66 3.1 Shanley Translates Himself………………………………..…………………….……...90 CONCLUSION ......................................................……………………..………….…..102 REFERENCES .............................................................................…………………......111 APPENDICES AND ANNEXES ……………………..………………………..…..120 9 TABLE OF IMAGES Page 2 – Doubt, a Parable - painting by Marcos Moraes. Page 124 – Stained Glass Eye – Source: available at: http://eyeamthateyeam.blogspot.com/2010/07/church-eye-of-god.html Access on: November 24, 2011. 10 INTRODUCTION “The truth is never pure and rarely simple” Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Ernest hen I was an altar boy at the age of ten I would always get to the church in our parish early in the morning, so I could join the others in the raffle of which one Wof the altar boys would ring the bells during the celebration of the mass. I used to love ringing the bells, although I cannot explain why. The sounds evolved through me in a sense that I would feel like I belonged to all that magical ritual performed by the priest. I used to serve all the three masses on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I also studied in the parish’s school – an institution run by the Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Providence. My childhood was full of the Catholic imagery and myths that have helped to build up who I am, and have also affected the way I face life. From that time, the images related to the nuns of the school are carved in a strong way in my memory.
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