Multiple Dorian Grays: Yinka Shonibare Photographical Take on Oscar Wilde’s Only Novel

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  • Rita Barroso Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34630/e-rei.vi12.5816

Palavras-chave:

literatura, fotografia, transmidialidade, abordagem cultural

Resumo

O Retrato de Dorian Gray (1890) de Oscar Wilde assume-se como uma das pedras de toque da literatura vitoriana. Tendo isto em consideração, o presente artigo pretende refletir sobre o trabalho transmedial de Yinka Shonibare, intitulado Dorian Gray (2001) e composto por onze fotografias a preto e branco e uma a cores, colocando-o no papel do próprio Dorian. Os pilares deste último trabalho baseiam-se não apenas no romance mas também no filme de Albert Lewin que o adapta [The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)]. Assim, colocando o foco sobre a compilação fotográfica, conduzir-se-á uma análise que possibilite compreender de que forma a visão destes últimos dois autores alterou a natureza já de si mutável do protagonista da obra de Wilde e de que maneira essa mesma metamorfose poderá ter influenciado a receção do trabalho literário e da personagem principal. Além disso, refletir-se-á sobre o significado daquilo que catalisa tal transformação, bem como sobre o processo de reimaginar contemporaneamente esta persona idealmente perfeita enquanto bastante diferente- cristalizada através de uma arte que, no século XIX, adquiria popularidade mas estava ainda longe de assumir o papel principal na representação externa do indivíduo- daquela que o escritor irlandês primariamente descreveu.

Biografia Autor

Rita Barroso, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto

Rita Barroso is enrolled in the Master in Literary, Cultural and Interart Studies and in the Bachelor in
Applied Languages at Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Porto. She is currently producing
her master’s dissertation on Junji Ito’s Tomie (1987-2001) and the contemporary reimagination of the
Japanese mythological figure of yūrei. Previously, she completed her bachelor’s in History at the same institution. She has been attending and actively participating in conferences and seminars since 2022. Her
main fields of interest and research are Interart Studies, Translation Studies, Japanese Studies, Folklore Studies and Horror Literature/Cinema

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2024-06-05

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Barroso, R. (2024). Multiple Dorian Grays: Yinka Shonibare Photographical Take on Oscar Wilde’s Only Novel. E- Revista De Estudos Interculturais , (12). https://doi.org/10.34630/e-rei.vi12.5816

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