O livro como objeto transicional: crianças, ficção, e livros-objeto

Arthur Aroha Kaminski da Silva

doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9826.literartes.2021.174525

O livro como objeto transicional: crianças, ficção, e livros-objeto

Literartes ◽

10.11606/issn.2316-9826.literartes.2021.174525 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (14) ◽

pp. 207-226

Author(s):

Arthur Aroha Kaminski da Silva

Keyword(s):

Neil Gaiman ◽

Donald Winnicott

Este texto aventa a possibilidade de aplicação do conceito de objeto transicional (da Teoria da Ilusão-Desilusão de Donald Winnicott (1971) aos livros-objetos para crianças. Inicialmente traçamos um panorama das discussões de cunho teórico que envolvem a relação limítrofe entre a narrativa ficcional, o texto (enquanto conjunto de símbolos e ferramenta literária), e o livro (enquanto suporte tridimensional). Em seguida procuramos demonstrar que, em última instância, um livro-objeto é também um brinquedo. Até, por fim, introduzirmos a proposta dos fenômenos transicionais de Winnicott e, em diálogo com autores como Ilsa Goulart, Gilles Broügère e Neil Gaiman, expormos os argumentos que visam a justificar a adaptação do conceito de objeto transicional à análise dos livros-objeto.

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Speculative Realism and Science Fiction

10.3366/edinburgh/9781474422697.001.0001 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Brian Willems

Keyword(s):

Science Fiction ◽

Identity Formation ◽

Cormac Mccarthy ◽

Doris Lessing ◽

Speculative Realism ◽

Neil Gaiman ◽

The World ◽

The Difference ◽

Quentin Meillassoux

A human-centred approach to the environment is leading to ecological collapse. One of the ways that speculative realism challenges anthropomorphism is by taking non-human things to be as valid objects of investivation as humans, allowing a more responsible and truthful view of the world to take place. Brian Willems uses a range of science fiction literature that questions anthropomorphism both to develop and challenge this philosophical position. He looks at how nonsense and sense exist together in science fiction, the way in which language is not a guarantee of personhood, the role of vision in relation to identity formation, the difference between metamorphosis and modulation, representations of non-human deaths and the function of plasticity within the Anthropocene. Willems considers the works of Cormac McCarthy, Paolo Bacigalupi, Neil Gaiman, China Miéville, Doris Lessing and Kim Stanley Robinson are considered alongside some of the main figures of speculative materialism including Graham Harman, Quentin Meillassoux and Jane Bennett.

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A Study in Four Colours: The Case of the Chameleon Detective

Victoriographies ◽

10.3366/vic.2016.0209 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 25-41

Author(s):

Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko

Keyword(s):

Short Story ◽

First Century ◽

First Episode ◽

Sherlock Holmes ◽

Neil Gaiman ◽

Award Winning ◽

Twenty First Century ◽

Literary Characters

Sherlock Holmes, one of the world's most famous detectives, is skilled at disguising himself and adjusting to different circumstances and yet remaining himself. Few literary characters lose so little in the process of adaptation, be it cinematic or literary, and I propose calling him a cultural chameleon: regardless of the palette and colour against which he is positioned – warm (scarlet and pink), cold (emerald), or black – he remains a brilliant sleuth. This paper compares four titles and four colours: A Study in Scarlet (1887), the first of the long-running series of texts by Doyle, and three instances of Holmes's adaptability to twenty-first century standards and expectations: ‘A Study in Emerald’ (2003), an award-winning short story by Neil Gaiman, ‘A Study in Pink’ (2010), the first episode of the BBC series Sherlock, and ‘A Study in Black’ (2012–13), a part of the Watson and Holmes comics series. Each background highlights different aspects of the detective's personality, but also sheds light on his approach to crime and criminals.

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