Entre amores e luzes: perspectivas para uma poética dos quadrinhos de Marcello Quintanilha

Abstract

This dissertation aims to study the comics of Marcello Quintanilha published between 2009 and 2019, with the objective of outlining a poetics that underlies the work of the Niterói-born cartoonist and examining the minuteness and specificities of the comics language. The analytical corpus comprises the following works: Sábado dos meus amores (2009), Almas públicas (2011), Tungstênio (2014), Talco de vidro (2015), Hinário nacional (2016), Todos os santos (2018) and Luzes de Niterói (2019). The present study endeavors to map Quintanilha’s comics production, emphasizing its intrinsic connection to contemporary Brazilian fiction and the realist tradition that permeates national literature. Furthermore, it seeks to examine the singular manner in which the author constructs his comics on a formal level. To this end, a theoretical and exploratory research approach was undertaken, employing qualitative methods to establish analytical parameters that enable an examination of Quintanilha’s work both in terms of syntax – from a structuralist perspective – and semantics, through an in-depth comparative analysis. The purpose is to contribute to the expansion of critical debate by adopting a transdisciplinary approach informed by theoretical frameworks from various fields within the Humanities, including semiotics, linguistics, narratology, sociology, historiography, and literary studies proper. Thus, this dissertation proposes not only a comprehensive and in-depth investigation into the elements that shape the poetics of Marcello Quintanilha’s comics but also aims to offer a theoretical foundation for the close study of the particularities of comics language.