Literatura e Cinema: O Monstro Invisível do Feminicídio em "O Homem Invisível"(2020)

De Oliveira, Dudlei Floriano and Leindecker, Gabriel Abech (2022) Literatura e Cinema: O Monstro Invisível do Feminicídio em "O Homem Invisível"(2020). LinguaTec, 7 (1). pp. 165-179. ISSN 2525-3425

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Abstract

In 1887, British author H. G. Wells published The Invisible Man, narrative work that mingles gothic and science fiction elements. As the titles infers, the narrative presents a scientist who, after some experiments, becomes invisible, being, thus, considered a monster by his peers. As in other novels of the 19th Century, such as Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, science experiences represent social fears in their respective time, an era known for constant scientific discoveries and technological innovations, such as the cinema, the automobile and the telephone, among others. This paper aims to analyze Wells’ novel and respective cinematographic adaptations in order to better understand the relation between themes explored in gothic narratives and societal issues. According to Steven Bruhm (2002), the Gothic serves as a barometer that measures the anxieties of certain cultures in different contexts. With this in mind, it is important to notice that several narratives, when transposed to other contexts, have their themes updated. 2020’s film The Invisible Man transposes the novel’s narrative to the 21st century, through a process of Cultural Proximization (Genette, 1997), wherein the title character becomes the plot’s antagonist and tormentor of his ex-wife, the film’s protagonist. In this adaptation, the fear is updated. Whereas the novel deals with the concerns from the scientific possibilities of invisibility, the movie deals with the menace of domestic violence and femicide,existing problems attested by contemporary data. Therefore, rereadings that resignify works that caused horror in their respective publics are important to maintain a dialogue with the contemporary public.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	the invisible man,gothic,cinematographic adaptation,literature and literary theory ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1208
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	14 Oct 2025 08:33
Last Modified:	14 Oct 2025 08:33
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/100710
DOI:	10.35819/linguatec.v7.n1.5937

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