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O Imaginário Nas Imagens De Sandman PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL PROGRAMA DE PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO EM COMUNICAÇÃO SOCIAL MESTRADO EM COMUNICAÇÃO SOCIAL JAMES MACHADO DOS SANTOS O IMAGINÁRIO NAS IMAGENS DE SANDMAN Porto Alegre 2011 JAMES MACHADO DOS SANTOS O IMAGINÁRIO NAS IMAGENS DE SANDMAN Dissertação de Mestrado em Comunicação Social para obtenção do título de Mestre, pelo programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação Social da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Orientadora: Professora Doutora Maria Beatriz Furtado Rahde Porto Alegre 2011 JAMES MACHADO DOS SANTOS O IMAGINÁRIO NAS IMAGENS DE SANDMAN Dissertação de Mestrado em Comunicação Social para obtenção do título de Mestre, pelo programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação Social da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Aprovado em_______ de________________ de _________. BANCA EXAMINADORA ________________________________________ Professora Doutora Maria Beatriz Furtado Rahde (Orientadora) Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) ___________________________________________ Professora Doutora Helena Sporleder Cortes Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) __________________________________________ Professor Doutor Eduardo Campos Pellanda Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) Dados Internacionais de Catalogação na Publicação ( CIP ) S237i Santos, James Machado dos O imaginário nas imagens de Sandman / James Machado dos Santos. – Porto Alegre, 2011. 122 f. : il. Diss. (Mestrado em Comunicação Social) – Fac. de Comunicação Social, PUCRS. Orientadora: Profª Drª Maria Beatriz Furtado Rahde 1. Comunicação. 2. História em Quadrinhos – Análise Crítica. 3. Imaginário. 4. Modernidade. 5. Pós- Modernidade. 6. Tribalismo. I. Rahde, Maria Beatriz Furtado. II. Título. CDD 741.5 Bibliotecária Responsável: Salete Maria Sartori, CRB 10/1363 AGRADECIMENTOS Agradeço aos meus pais, Renato e Loiva, por me apontarem o caminho da educação como norteador em minha personalidade, bem com o apoio e incentivo para a realização do mestrado; À minha amada esposa Andréia, por sua paciência e constante ajuda − sempre me incentivando e afirmando, com todas as letras, que eu era capaz; Aos meus irmãos Diego e Renata, pela amizade, companheirismo e cuidado; Aos meus sogros Chico e Vena, e também aos cunhados Marcelo e Diego, gracias por tudo; Aos meus colegas de trabalho Rosane, Paulo, Sérgio, Salvatore, Miriam, Soeni, Nadir, Márcia, Alexandre (Xepa), Andréa, Marcos, Sérgio, Juliano, Dayse, Michele, Alexandre (batata), Michele, Osvaldo, Solange, Marilene, Nilo e Valmir − que de alguma maneira me ajudaram; Aos amigos Cláudio (nor), Deise, Clésio e Márcia − muito obrigado! A todos os meus colegas de aulas, pelo companheirismo e pelas trocas realizadas nesses dois anos; À minha querida orientadora, a quem chamo carinhosamente de professora Bea, por seus sábios conselhos e prodigiosa paciência; E finalmente a Deus, por manter meu coração pulsando até a entrega desta dissertação; Meu mundo não vai além das minhas palavras. Ludwing Wittgenstein RESUMO A presente pesquisa tem por objetivo estudar o imaginário de uma história em quadrinhos específica: Sandman. Para encontrar os motivos que fazem tal gibi tão singular no meio quadrinhístico, investigamos as características intrínsecas presentes na obra. Esta pesquisa norteia-se pela Hermenêutica de Profundidade de John B. Thompson (1995). Segundo essa metodologia, é possível chegar a uma reinterpretação através da análise do contexto sócio-histórico e da estrutura discursiva das formas simbólicas estudadas. Deste modo, verifica-se que a pós- modernidade permite um imaginário plural e híbrido, na qual técnicas como a colagem, bem como discursos irônicos, compõem as formas simbólicas, ou seja, Sandman. Palavras-chave: Comunicação, histórias em quadrinhos, imaginário, Sandman, Modernidade, Pós-modernidade, tribalismo. ABSTRACT The present research has for objective to study the imaginary one of a specific history in comics: Sandman. To find the reasons that make such so singular comics in the half of the comic people, we investigate the intrinsic characteristics gifts in the workmanship. This research is guided for the Hermeneutics of Depth of John B. Thompson (1995). According to this methodology, it is possible to arrive at to interpret again through the analysis of the context partner-description and the talkative person structure of the studied symbolic forms. In this way, which is verified that the postmodernity allows imaginary plural and a hybrid one, in techniques as the glue, as well as ironic speeches, composes the symbolic forms, that is, Sandman. Keywords: Communication, comics, imaginary, Sandman, Modernity, Postmodernity, tribalism. LISTA DE FIGURAS Figura 01- Sandman...................................................................................................14 Figura 02- Coleção Sandman da editora Conrad.......................................................15 Figura 03- Sandman escapa do cativeiro...................................................................16 Figura 04- Sandman fala com seu algoz....................................................................24 Figura 05- Swan Song................................................................................................26 Figura 06- Estátua de Lúcifer.....................................................................................30 Figura 07- Mayana Moura e seu corte à la Chanel....................................................33 Figura 08- A Rainha-Borg...........................................................................................34 Figura 09- Jesus Cristo..............................................................................................35 Figura 10- O imaginário..............................................................................................37 Figura 11- Fãs............................................................................................................38 Figura 12- Star Wars IV: Uma Nova Esperança.........................................................41 Figura 13- Tira de Winsor McCay...............................................................................42 Figura 14- Wesley Dodds...........................................................................................44 Figura 15- O Sandman de Jack Kirby........................................................................45 Figura 16- Monstro do Pântano..................................................................................46 Figura 17- Morpheus..................................................................................................47 Figura 18- Bono Vox...................................................................................................49 Figura 19- Os Perpétuos............................................................................................50 Figura 20- Siouxsie.....................................................................................................53 Figura 21- Morpheus e Morte.....................................................................................54 Figura 22- Estrela-da-Manhã......................................................................................56 Figura 23- Asas de Morcego......................................................................................57 Figura 24- David Bowie..............................................................................................58 Figura 25- Yellow Kid.................................................................................................63 Figura 26- Superman..................................................................................................64 Figura 27- Eugen Sandow..........................................................................................65 Figura 28- Fred MacMurray e o Capitão Marvel.........................................................66 Figura 29- O casamento do Superman e Lois Lane...................................................67 Figura 30- Batman......................................................................................................69 Figura 31- O Fantasma..............................................................................................70 Figura 32- Flash Gordon............................................................................................72 Figura 33- Mulher-Maravilha......................................................................................74 Figura 34- Pogo..........................................................................................................77 Figura 35- Quarteto Fantástico...................................................................................78 Figura 36- Surfista Prateado......................................................................................80 Figura 37- Capitão América........................................................................................81 Figura 38- Crise nas Infinitas Terras..........................................................................83 Figura 39- Batman X Superman.................................................................................84 Figura 40- Batman com a nova Robin........................................................................85 Figura 41- Watchmen.................................................................................................86 Figura 42- Fábulas…..................................................................................................88
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