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Los mundos [teóricos] de Coraline: Psicoanálisis, Postfeminismo y Postmodernismo en el cine de animación

2011; Technical University of Valencia; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4995/caa.2011.862

2173-6049

E. Martínez González,

Cinema History and Criticism

This article contributes to the study of methodologies and theoretical approaches to animation, using as study case the animated film Coraline (Henry Selick, 2009), which incorporates different theories from diverse historical, social and philosophical movements to its complex argument. Besides, this research justifies the need of integrating a strong theoretical inspiration in the current animated movies, besides the digital innovations that may accompany in parallel to the narrative. Through the analysis of this animated production, it is argued that animated figures can and may be protagonists of extremely complex narratives as the one we are discussing here. Animation can potentially dig in depth on questions like identity or the cognitive development of the character throughout the visualization of the protagonist’s experiences, fears and frustrations in her way to maturation.