SILVA, J. K. M.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4262285371468215; SILVA, Juli Karine Melinho da.
Résumé:
The purpose of this research is to analyze how the character Louise, from the
sci-fi movie Arrival, was built. In order to achieve this purpose, the study is
based on the five characteristics proposed by Conrad (2018) that defined the
first women to take part of the sci-fi movies. Thus, the specific objective is to
make a comparison on the extent these characteristics still persist in this
narrative of the 21st century. To do so the research is theoretically based on
the assumptions of some authors about cinematographic adaptation, such as
Hutcheon’s (2013) studies about the motivations to adapt, Mayer’s (2016)
studies about proactive characters, Kac-Vergne’s ( 2016) research referring to
feminine character in the sci-fi movie and Zinani ‘s (2006) study of the character
as mother, among others authors and their assumptions concerning short
narratives. One of the justifications is the recurrence of female characters
whose participation is still below the masculine, even the cinema proposing that
this has been changing. In order to reach the proposed objectives, the research
is based on Berman’s (2007) studies of the hypertextual translation. Results
indicate that, although the characteristics are associated with the first movies of
science fiction, we can notice that in this narrative we still find traces considered
standard of productions made at the beginning of the cinema of science fiction.
However, the female character here is completely different from the women
presented earlier. The proactive performance of the character is associated with
the struggles waged during all these years by women whenever they search for
space and recognition in the cinema dominated by patriarchy.