O descortinamento da imagem da bailarina na graphic novel Polina.

Abstract

Artistic-narrative forms of expression have been part of humanity since prehistory, with cave records. Such ways of telling stories have developed over time, and today we recognize comics, which bring plots to life through images and words, in an autonomous language system. The historical course of comics had marked by the marginalization process, which led to the diversification of this universe into different genres, from comic strips, present in newspapers, to the so-called graphic novels, characterized by extension, in a format that is closer to books and more complex themes, such as autobiographical accounts and coming-of-age journeys. This monographic work has as its research object the graphic novel Polina (VIVÈS, 2021), in which we analyze the symbolic construction attributed to the figure of the dancer from the protagonist who names the comic. In this context, we consider it relevant to understand Polina's verbalvisual development, as a dancer, through the analysis of her journey, to verify the symbolic aspects that confirm or subvert stereotypes about this figure. Consequently, the reflections had based on the concept of graphic narrative (EISNER, 2005) and the historical path of the constitution of graphic novels (GARCÍA, 2012; SALES, 2018); on the comic book language, we have theoretical support for the discussions of Ramos (2009), Barbieri (2017) and Cagnin (1975). In addition, we carried out a thematic study focused on a brief understanding of the historical process of dance, classical ballet, and contemporary dance (FARO, 1986; TADRA et al., 2012), as well as reads, focused on the artistic and philosophical value of dance (GARAUDY, 1980). For the imaginary social assimilation and symbolism in front of the dancer, we consider the studies of Silva and Feijó (2020) and Silvério (2020). From the interpretative reading of the work, we understand a process of humanization in Polina's formative trajectory, which subverts stereotypes in front of the dancer's image. Therefore, we see the significance of studying comics and the verbal-visual interpretation system and the specific resources of comics language in graphic novels, such as Polina.