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Visões romanescas : a paródia ao romance gótico em Northanger Abbey de Jane Austin
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A presente dissertação analisa a paródia ao romance gótico na obra literária
Northanger Abbey (1818), de Jane Austen (1775-1817). Neste âmbito, será proposta a
hipótese de que a paródia ao romance gótico não constitui o cerne da obra, não procurando
depreciar ou invalidar o género. Igualmente, considerar-se-á o que a autora designa
por “visões romanescas” (NA 228) e o seu papel na construção e desconstrução da
paródia. Desta forma, num primeiro momento apresenta-se uma contextualização que
procura ilustrar a função e a reputação do romance (novel) na época em questão, expor
os fatores que levaram ao surgimento do romance gótico (gothic novel) e abordar aspetos
relativos à vida, à carreira e às motivações da autora considerados pertinentes ao estudo
em questão. Esta contextualização posteriormente permitirá revelar os verdadeiros
propósitos da paródia, estabelecendo uma ligação entre esta e as visões romanescas do
leitor. Em seguida, são analisados excertos do romance, primeiramente em relação à heroína
gótica, em seguida considerando as convenções góticas e, por último, momentos
que expõem as visões romanescas dos personagens, mostrando que estas apenas são
identificadas pelo leitor pela sua familiaridade com as mesmas, apresentando assim as
suas próprias visões romanescas. Num momento final, é abordada a crítica de costumes,
aqui pertinente devido ao seu papel na construção das referidos visões romanescas que,
como pretende mostrar este estudo, são essencialmente uma construção social.
This dissertation aims at analyzing the parody to the gothic novel as depicted in Northanger Abbey (1818), a novel by Jane Austen (1775-1818). Hence, this study’s main goal is to show that the parody of the gothic novel is not the primary focus in this literary work, nor its end is to depreciate or invalidate this genre. Ergo, it considers the author’s “visions of romance” (NA 228) and the role it plays in the construction and deconstruction of the parody in NA. Thus, this study begins with a contextualization that exposes the role and status of the novel at the time and then analyses the several factors that led to the origin of the gothic novel, including aspects of Austen’s own life, career and motivations. This will help to reveal the true purpose of the parody by connecting it with the reader’s own visions of romance. Following this first moment, selected excerpts are analyzed, first regarding the concept of the gothic heroine, then targeting the gothic conventions and finally, as a consequence, exposing the visions of romance of the characters and showing that those are identified by the reader due to his/her own visions of romance. A final moment regards the social criticism, also important in the construction of the visions of romance which, as this study aims to prove, are mainly a social construct.
This dissertation aims at analyzing the parody to the gothic novel as depicted in Northanger Abbey (1818), a novel by Jane Austen (1775-1818). Hence, this study’s main goal is to show that the parody of the gothic novel is not the primary focus in this literary work, nor its end is to depreciate or invalidate this genre. Ergo, it considers the author’s “visions of romance” (NA 228) and the role it plays in the construction and deconstruction of the parody in NA. Thus, this study begins with a contextualization that exposes the role and status of the novel at the time and then analyses the several factors that led to the origin of the gothic novel, including aspects of Austen’s own life, career and motivations. This will help to reveal the true purpose of the parody by connecting it with the reader’s own visions of romance. Following this first moment, selected excerpts are analyzed, first regarding the concept of the gothic heroine, then targeting the gothic conventions and finally, as a consequence, exposing the visions of romance of the characters and showing that those are identified by the reader due to his/her own visions of romance. A final moment regards the social criticism, also important in the construction of the visions of romance which, as this study aims to prove, are mainly a social construct.
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Northanger Abbey Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 - Personagens Romance inglês - séc.19 - História e crítica Paródia (Literatura) Romance gótico - História e crítica Teses de mestrado - 2019