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University of Alberta, 2012 Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro Centro de Educação e Humanidades Instituto de Letras Jayme Soares Chaves Viagens extraordinárias e ucronias ficcionais: uma possível arqueologia do steampunk na literatura Rio de Janeiro 2015 Jayme Soares Chaves Viagens extraordinárias e ucronias ficcionais: uma possível arqueologia do steampunk em literatura Dissertação apresentada como requisito parcial para obtenção do título de Mestre, ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Área de concentração: Teoria da Literatura e Literatura Comparada. Orientador: Prof. Dr. João Cezar de Castro Rocha Rio de Janeiro 2015 CATALOGAÇÃO NA FONTE UERJ/REDE SIRIUS/BIBLIOTECA CEH/B C512 Chaves, Jayme Soares. Viagens extraordinárias e ucronias ficcionais : uma possível arqueologia do steampunk na literatura / Jayme Soares Chaves. – 2015. 128f. Orientador: João Cezar de Castro Rocha. Dissertação (mestrado) – Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Letras. 1. Ficção científica - Teses. 2. Cinema e literatura – Teses. 3. Verne, Jules, 1828-1905 – Crítica e interpretação – Teses. 4. Ficção steampunk – Teses. 5. Viagens no tempo – Teses. 6. Viagens imaginárias – Teses. I. Rocha, João Cezar de Castro. II. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Letras. III. Título. CDU 82-311.9 Autorizo, apenas para fins acadêmicos e científicos, a reprodução total ou parcial desta dissertação desde que citada a fonte ____________________________________ _____________________ Assinatura Data Jayme Soares Chaves Viagens extraordinárias e ucronias ficcionais: uma possível arqueologia do steampunk na literatura Dissertação apresentada, como requisito parcial para obtenção do título de Mestre, ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras, da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Área de concentração: Teoria da Literatura e Literatura Comparada. Aprovada em 26 de fevereiro de 2015. Banca Examinadora: _____________________________________________ Prof. Dr. João Cezar de Castro Rocha (Orientador) Instituto de Letras - UERJ _____________________________________________ Prof. Dr. Marcus Vinicius Nogueira Soares Instituto de Letras - UERJ _____________________________________________ Profª. Dra. Regina Lúcia de Faria Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro 2015 DEDICATÓRIA À minha filha Alice, cuja existência é, ela mesma, uma viagem extraordinária. AGRADECIMENTOS Ao meu orientador, Prof. Dr. João Cezar de Castro Rocha, por acreditar no meu projeto e pelos conselhos e sugestões, sempre valiosos. À minha esposa Heliana, por seu apoio e infinita paciência; ao meu amigo e colega Pedro Sette-Câmara, que me incentivou a retomar meus estudos. Um agradecimento especial ao Prof. Remo Mannarino Filho, que me presenteou com um livro no qual eu descobri o ponto de partida para minha pesquisa, e aos funcionários da Secretaria de Pós-Graduação do Instituto de Letras da UERJ, sempre atenciosos e solícitos. RESUMO CHAVES, Jayme Soares. Viagens extraordinárias e ucronias ficcionais: uma possível arqueologia do steampunk na literatura. 2015. 128f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Literatura Comparada) – Instituto de Letras, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 2015. A presente dissertação procura examinar o fenômeno do subgênero steampunk na literatura de ficção científica contemporânea, rastreando suas origens e analisando suas definições. O steampunk, em sua forma mais comum, trabalha com projeções contrafactuais do passado vitoriano, criando ambientações retrofuturistas para narrar suas histórias. A partir de indícios levantados por pesquisadores sobre a marcante influência cinematográfica sobre esta vertente, em especial das releituras feitas por Hollywood dos scientific romances britânicos e das voyages extraordinaires de Júlio Verne, procurou-se fazer uma espécie de arqueologia do subgênero a partir do projeto editorial original de Júlio Verne e seu editor Pierre-Jules Hetzel, projeto que, desde o seu início, possuía um caráter interdisciplinar e intertextual e que vai permanecer influenciando a ficção científica desde o seu estabelecimento como gênero literário autônomo. Em seguida, tentou-se demonstrar a afinidade da arte cinematográfica, desde seus primórdios, com esse projeto e abordar suas experiências de tradução visual deste universo como um desdobramento natural do corpo textual. Por último, analisou-se os componentes do steampunk (viagens no tempo, história contrafactual, mundos paralelos, ucronias ficcionais) e contextualizamos a vertente brasileira do subgênero no advento do novo romance histórico e no aumento da demanda por livros de divulgação histórica em virtude da efeméride dos 500 anos do Descobrimento do Brasil. Palavras-chave: Steampunk. Ucronia. Júlio Verne. Ficção científica. ABSTRACT CHAVES, Jayme Soares. Extraordinary voyages and fictional uchronies: a possible archeology of steampunk in literature. 2015. 128f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Literatura Comparada) – Instituto de Letras, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 2015 This dissertation intends to examine the phenomenon of the subgenre steampunk in contemporary works of science fiction, tracing its origins and analysing its definitions. Steampunk, in its most common form, uses counterfactual projections of the Victorian era, creating retrofuturistic ambiences in order to tell its stories. From evidence gathered by researchers on the profound influence films had on this trend, particularly the interpretations made by Hollywood of British scientific romances and Jules Verne’s voyages extraordinaires, we attempted an archaeology of the subgenre, also taking into consideration the original editorial project by Verne and his editor Pierre- Jules Hetzel. From its beginnings, the project had an interdisciplinary as well as intertextual character, and would remain an influence on science fiction as a genre in its own right. After that, we attempt to demonstrate the affinities the art of film had since its very inception with Verne’s and Hetzel’s project, approaching their endeavours to offer a visual translation of that universe as a natural result of the text itself. Finally, we will analyse the components of steampunk (time travel, counterfactual history, parallel worlds, ficctional uchronies) and locate the Brazilian trend of the subgenre within the context of the advent of the new historical novel as well as the demand for books of historical popularization, which surged soon after the celebrations of the 500 years of the discovery of Brazil. Keywords: Steampunk. Uchronia. Jules Verne. Science-fiction. SUMÁRIO INTRODUÇÃO ............................................................................................. 8 1 GÊNESE DE UMA IRONIA: UMA VIAGEM EXTRAORDINÁRIA ... 19 1.1 Janelas para as profundezas ........................................................................ 19 1.2 Cartografias do espaço imaginário ............................................................. 28 1.3 A féerie extravagante ................................................................................... 32 1.4 A invenção de um gênero .............................................................. 36 2 UMA INVENÇÃO MORTAL ...................................................................... 49 2.1 O fantástico, o extraordinário ..................................................................... 49 2.2 Primeiras releituras ...................................................................................... 55 2.3 Mobilis in mobili ........................................................................................... 62 2.4 Fantasmas da máquina ............................................................................... 70 3 RETROFUTURISMOS .............................................................................. 76 3.1 Princípios da crononáutica ......................................................................... 76 3.2. Contra facta .................................................................................................. 78 3.3 Ucronia ficcional e universos paralelos ..................................................... 82 3.4 Punks a vapor .............................................................................................. 87 3.5 Steampunk como fantasia vitoriana ............................................................ 92 3.6 Steampunk como história alternativa ......................................................... 96 3.7 Steampunk como história contrafactual: o caso brasileiro ........................ 100 CONCLUSÃO ............................................................................................... 117 REFERÊNCIAS ............................................................................................ 122 8 INTRODUÇÃO Em 1999, uma publicação da America’s Best Comics (ABC) chamou a atenção dos consumidores de histórias em quadrinhos por apresentar aquilo que, em princípio, parecia mais uma variante de um lugar-comum neste meio: aventuras protagonizadas por equipes de super-heróis. O leitor de quadrinhos já está bastante familiarizado com este tema, pois é uma prática das editoras publicar ramificações, ou spin-offs, das histórias de seus heróis, onde estes juntam forças para combater as forças malignas que ameaçam a humanidade. Teóricos que se empenham em pesquisas arqueológicas para rastrear e determinar os antecedentes de determinada prática narrativa tem observado que os super-heróis, em grupo ou isoladamente, descendem diretamente dos heróis
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