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My voice will not be cast away: a emancipação feminina no imaginário gótico de Emilie Autumn
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A presente dissertação pretende analisar a relação entre a literatura de inspiração gótica e a autonomia feminina tornada mais visível a partir do século XVIII, tendo como objecto de estudo a arte criada pela norte-americana Emilie Autumn. Através da interpretação de produções escritas seleccionadas da artista, será feita uma abordagem a temas de grande relevância na história do feminismo, como as Contagious Disease Acts e as primeiras “vozes” femininas contra a discriminação de género. O referencial teórico inicial reporta-se à contextualização do Gótico enquanto movimento cultural e à desmistificação do ónus negativo de que este tem sido alvo desde o seu surgimento. Seguidamente, será feita uma síntese da obra de Autumn, The Asylum For Wayward Victorian Girls (2009), onde serão discutidos temas de carácter literário, cultural e social. Sendo este um exemplar de literatura pouco conhecido, torna-se imprescindível para uma melhor compreensão da vida da artista. Neste ponto é evidente a ligação entre a autora e a persona que habita as suas criações. Finda a apresentação e contextualização da obra de Autumn, segue-se uma breve biografia da mesma, onde após uma cuidada apreciação, a percepção da artista em relação aos temas que trabalha torna-se mais clara. Por fim, serão exploradas as relações que Autumn estabelece entre si e a personagem shakespeariana Ophelia, bem como a influência que esta tem no mundo artístico e nos novos trabalhos realizados com o intuito de alterar a percepção inicial daquela personagem trágica.
Abstract: This research aims to analyse the connection between gothic literature and women’s emancipation, which became more noticeable in the eighteenth century, alongside with Emilie Autumn’s art, which will be this thesis’s study object. Considering the readings on Autumn’s works, an approach to significant topics regarding the feminist movement will be made, such as the Contagious Disease Acts or the first “women’s voices” against gender discrimination. The initial theoretical framework departs from the background of the gothic as a culture, demystifying its negative charge that has been targeting it since its origin. In order to discuss literary, cultural and social themes, an analysis to Autumn’s book, The Asylum For Wayward Victorian Girls (2009), is essential. This autobiographical novel, unknown in most cultural circles, is critical for a better understanding of the artist's life. At this juncture, the link between the author and the character becomes clearer. Having laid this dissertation’s core, a brief biography of Autumn’s life will be presented, and after careful considerations, a new perception on the artist’s choices of motifs is created. Lastly, the bond established between Autumn and Shakespeare’s character Ophelia is reinforced, as well as the influence of the latter in the artistic world and the advent of fresh art works, in order to change the tragic character’s cliché depiction.
Abstract: This research aims to analyse the connection between gothic literature and women’s emancipation, which became more noticeable in the eighteenth century, alongside with Emilie Autumn’s art, which will be this thesis’s study object. Considering the readings on Autumn’s works, an approach to significant topics regarding the feminist movement will be made, such as the Contagious Disease Acts or the first “women’s voices” against gender discrimination. The initial theoretical framework departs from the background of the gothic as a culture, demystifying its negative charge that has been targeting it since its origin. In order to discuss literary, cultural and social themes, an analysis to Autumn’s book, The Asylum For Wayward Victorian Girls (2009), is essential. This autobiographical novel, unknown in most cultural circles, is critical for a better understanding of the artist's life. At this juncture, the link between the author and the character becomes clearer. Having laid this dissertation’s core, a brief biography of Autumn’s life will be presented, and after careful considerations, a new perception on the artist’s choices of motifs is created. Lastly, the bond established between Autumn and Shakespeare’s character Ophelia is reinforced, as well as the influence of the latter in the artistic world and the advent of fresh art works, in order to change the tragic character’s cliché depiction.
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Autumn, Emilie, 1979- - Crítica e interpretação Romance gótico americano - séc.20-21 - História e crítica Músicos de rock - Biografias Feminismo Gótico (Subcultura) Teses de mestrado - 2016