Um todo de muitas partes: recriação da personagem Frankenstein em Hotel Transilvânia.

Abstract

The book Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, written by Mary Shelley in 1818, established itself as a modern myth that has endured for over 200 years, constantly adapted to the most varied media, including the children's universe. The work presents the story of Victor Frankenstein and his purpose in creating life from dead bodies. After much study, he manages to create a monster with its conscience and desires. Thinking about the adaptation for children, in Hotel Transylvania (2012), there is an obvious example of recreating the character from the figure of Frank, and the observation of this reconfiguration is the objective of this work. The film shows the departure of the most varied monsters to a hotel that humans do not have access to celebrate the birthday of Count Dracula's daughter. The theoretical foundation presents a contextualization of the Grotesque and the Fantastic, according to Kayser (1986), Hugo (2014), and Todorov (2017). Concerning adaptation, we use the contributions presented by Hutcheon (2011), exemplified in an overview of adaptations of Shelley's creature. Thus, from qualitative, bibliographic research and with a comparative approach, we noticed references to the adapted text, as well as the enlargement of the grotesque, in addition to the permanence of the fantastic in the animation and the development of the character. Finally, we perceive the revisiting of the classic thought and adapting for the children's universe from the humor used in the narrative construction.