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

2022; University Library System, University of Pittsburgh; Volume: 9; Issue: 17 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5195/ct/2021.516

2169-0847

Daniel Serravalle de Sá,

Latin American Literature Studies

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.