Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: DAVID LUCAS SOUZA DE MACEDO

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : DAVID LUCAS SOUZA DE MACEDO
DATE: 19/03/2026
TIME: 15:00
LOCAL: video-conferência
TITLE:

FROM PAPER TO SCREEN: THE REPRESENTATION OF THE WRITER IN MISERY AND THE DARK HALF OF STEPHEN KING

KEY WORDS:

Stephen King; authorship; metafiction; film adaptation; intertextuality.

PAGES: 56
BIG AREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Letras
SUMMARY:

This research comparatively analyzes the representation of the writer and the literary creation process in Stephen King's novels Misery (1987) and The Dark Half (1989), as well as in their respective film adaptations directed by Rob Reiner (1990) and George A. Romero (1993). The study seeks to understand how the figures of Paul Sheldon and Thad Beaumont configure metaphors of authorship and writing, problematizing literary identity, the relationship between creator and creation, and the tensions between the empirical author and their fictional personas. The research is grounded in the concepts of dialogism and intertextuality (Bakhtin, Kristeva), in the discussions on the author-function and the death of the author (Foucault, Barthes), in film adaptation theories (Stam), in metafiction (Hutcheon), as well as in contributions from comparative literature (Bassnett, Heidmann). The methodology adopted is qualitative, interpretive, and comparative, developed in three stages: intramedia analysis in the literary field (comparison between the two novels); intramedia analysis in the cinematic field (examination of the two adaptations); and intermedia analysis (cross-comparison between novels and films). The analytical focus falls on emblematic scenes and chapters in which the characters are involved in reflections on writing, in the physical act of writing, or facing consequences triggered by their authorial activity. Through comparative analysis, the study aims to evidence how, in both novels, writing configures itself as a space of identity dissolution, whether through physical and psychological coercion in Misery, or through the materialization of the pseudonym as an autonomous threat in The Dark Half. Regarding the film adaptations, the research expects to demonstrate that they re-elaborate these representations based on the specificities of audiovisual language, offering new layers of meaning to the problematics of authorship and creation.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1496892 - MARCIO VENICIO BARBOSA
Externo ao Programa - 1493578 - LUIS ALFREDO FERNANDES DE ASSIS - UFRNExterno à Instituição - EMILIO SOARES RIBEIRO - UERN