Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: LEONARDO BARBOSA CERQUEIRA DUARTE

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : LEONARDO BARBOSA CERQUEIRA DUARTE
DATE: 04/07/2023
TIME: 10:00
LOCAL: Escola de Teatro
TITLE:

The gear of the orange: The presence of the character Alex in the film A Clockwork Orange, by Stanley Kubrick.

KEY WORDS:

Key-words: Character; Dramaturgy; Kubrick; Cinema.

PAGES: 138
BIG AREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Artes
SUBÁREA: Teatro
SPECIALTY: Dramaturgia
SUMMARY:

This research proposes to investigate the presence of the character Alex in the movie A Clockwork Orange (1971), produced and directed by the American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, based on the adaptation of the homonymous literary work by the British writer Anthony Burgess. From the analysis of the central element of the dramatic action, the character, it allows an understanding of the dramaturgical poetics of the filmmaker, screenwriter of his own films, all adapted from literary works. That is the intention of this dissertation.

Due to the scope of the researched object, theoretical sources from different fields were used, not just drama theory and studies on fictional characters. Cinema theory, biographical sources about the director, and notions from Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy and History were also used. The purpose was to substantiate the work in an approach that would do justice to Kubrick's sophisticated and complex work, and that would also provide an enriching look beyond the cut made. Among the authors used to approach the character (in theater and cinema) are: Anatol Rosenfeld, Doc Comparato, Eric Bentley, Michel Ciment, Peter Szondi, Renata Pallottini, Syd Field, among others. In a complementary way, this analysis will be historically and socially contextualized with the theoretical support of David Harvey, Guy Debord, Margot Berthold, Michel Foucault, Theodor Adorno, Walter Benjamin, among others.

Throughout the three chapters that make up this work, we sought to reveal the work of this filmmaker, in its conceptual aspects (always supported in its historical-social contexts) as well as in its plastic and formal aspects, resulting from the processing of those, already that, in cinema, form and content are inseparably intertwined. It should be noted that the focal point and "pivot" of the study is the character Alex, possibly the most iconic among the director's films. It was believed here that scrutinizing the character's path and movement throughout the film would shed light on its background, the enigmatic and fascinating artistic language of Stanley Kubrick.

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 2168348 - PAULO HENRIQUE CORREIA ALCANTARA
Interno - 3150074 - RODRIGO MORAIS LEITE
Externo à Instituição - ALISSON GUTEMBERG DA SILVA SOUZA