The shadow of the world: excess and imprisonment in Diomedes: a trilogia do acidente, by Lourenço Mutarelli

The aim of this paper is to examine the way the aesthetics of film noir is appropriated by Lourenço Mutarelli in his graphic novel Diomedes: a trilogia do acidente . Torn between an attempt to represent the real and a strong impulse towards stylization, this ae...

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Main Author: André Cabral de Almeida Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidade de Brasília 2015-01-01
Series:Estudos de Literatura Brasileira Contemporânea
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Online Access:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=323141078015
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The shadow of the world: excess and imprisonment in Diomedes: a trilogia do acidente, by Lourenço Mutarelli
Estudos de Literatura Brasileira Contemporânea
film noir
contemporary brazilian literature
graphic novel
lourenço mutarelli
title The shadow of the world: excess and imprisonment in Diomedes: a trilogia do acidente, by Lourenço Mutarelli
title_full The shadow of the world: excess and imprisonment in Diomedes: a trilogia do acidente, by Lourenço Mutarelli
title_fullStr The shadow of the world: excess and imprisonment in Diomedes: a trilogia do acidente, by Lourenço Mutarelli
title_full_unstemmed The shadow of the world: excess and imprisonment in Diomedes: a trilogia do acidente, by Lourenço Mutarelli
title_short The shadow of the world: excess and imprisonment in Diomedes: a trilogia do acidente, by Lourenço Mutarelli
title_sort shadow of the world excess and imprisonment in diomedes a trilogia do acidente by lourenco mutarelli
topic film noir
contemporary brazilian literature
graphic novel
lourenço mutarelli
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