The Body Horror in Two Short Stories by Gastão Cruls

Authors

  • Júlio França UERJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v23i47.33607

Keywords:

Comparative Literature, Gothic Literature, Horror Literature

Abstract

The essay aims to examine the human body as a source of horror in literature. More specifically, we seek to describe the ways in which the human body is represented in horror narratives. In order to do so, we discuss the body horror as a narrative tradition that exploits the fear we feel of our own body. The works to be examinated are Gastão Cruls’ (1888-1959) short narratives "G.C.P.A." (1920) and "O espelho" (1938).

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Author Biography

Júlio França, UERJ

Júlio França tem doutorado em Literatura Comparada pela UFF (2006), com pós-doutorado pela Brown University (2015). É professor de Teoria da Literatura do Instituto de Letras e coordenador da área de Estudos de Literatura do Programa de Pós-graduação em Letras da UERJ. É líder do grupo de pesquisa Estudos do Gótico (CNPq). Criador e administrador, desde 2010, do site Sobre o Medo, dedicado à divulgação de estudos acadêmicos sobre o gênero do horror na literatura. Fundador e coeditor geral do periódico acadêmico Abusões, voltado para a publicação de artigos sobre a literatura fantástica e gótica. Suas publicações mais recentes são As nuances do Gótico: do Setecentos à contemporaneidade (Bonecker, 2017); Poéticas do Mal: a literatura do medo no Brasil (1840-1920) (Bonecker, 2017) e Páginas Perversas: narrativas brasileiras esquecidas (Appris, 2017).

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Published

2018-12-29

How to Cite

França, J. (2018). The Body Horror in Two Short Stories by Gastão Cruls. Gragoatá, 23(47), 873-887. https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v23i47.33607

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 47 (2018): Monstrous Organization

Section

Literature Articles

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