Anton Chigurh: o insólito vilão de No country for old men
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Artigo
Classficação
Nível teórico
Data
2021
Título do Períodico
Travessias
ISSN
1982-5935
Página(s)/e-location
127-144
Idioma(s)
pt
Fonte
Fonte
Cascavel, PR
15
2
maio/ago.
15
2
maio/ago.
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Resumo
Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar a representação do insólito na obra No Country for Old Men (2005), de Cormac McCarthy, contemplando, de forma mais específica, o estudo do personagem Anton Chigurh, assassino de aluguel que surge na narrativa para cumprir uma missão e que deixa um rastro tenebroso de morte e violência. Esta persona assassina, envolta em uma aura de mistério e incredulidade, torna possíveis algumas interpretações que comungam com o insólito e o fantástico, tanto no texto literário quanto na adaptação cinematográfica dirigida pelos irmãos Cohen em 2007, e gera, com isso, um rico processo de intermidialidade, o que propiciou que esses produtos artísticos alcançassem reconhecimento de crítica e de público. Com efeito, utilizaremos como metodologia de pesquisa a análise de conteúdo; quanto à forma de abordagem, caracterizamos esta pesquisa como qualitativa, e, dessa forma, utilizaremos como referencial teórico estudos que abordam temas como o insólito, o fantástico e a violência, entre os quais destacamos Garcia (2008), Todorov (1980) e Ginzburg (2012). Como resultados, evidenciamos que Chigurh desponta como a representação da morte, visível somente por aqueles que a encontram, mas sem rosto e sem pistas para aqueles que não estiveram em sua presença, tendo ainda seu caráter insólito reconhecido pelo xerife Ed Tom Bell (personagem que, na trama, representa a lei e a ordem), o qual passa a considerá-lo como um fantasma, chegando a duvidar se o assassino é mesmo um homem real, dado os seus feitos chocantes, inquietantes e singulares.
This work aims to study the representation of the unusual in the book No Country for Old Men (2005), by Cormac McCarthy, looking, more specifically, a study about the character Anton Chigurh, a hitman who emerges in the narrative to accomplish a mission and leaves a dark trail of death and violence. This murderous persona, shrouded in an aura of mystery and disbelief, makes possible some interpretations that dialogue with the unusual and fantastic, both in literary text and in the film adaptation directed by Cohen brothers in 2007, and creates, with it, a rich process of intermediality, what allowed these artistic products achieves critical and public recognition. Indeed, we’ll use as research methodology the content analysis, about the approach this is a qualitative research, this way we’ll use as theoretical reference studies which portrays themes like unusual, fantastic and violence, and we highlight: Garcia (2008), Todorov (1980), and Ginzburg (2012). As ours results, we evidence that Chigurh rises as a death representation, visible only for those who find it, but without a face or clues for those who haven’t been in its presence. And his unusual ethos is recognized by the sheriff Ed Tom Bell (character who represents law and order), who consider him as a ghost, doubting if the murder is in fact a real man, in view of his shocking, uncanny and singular acts.
This work aims to study the representation of the unusual in the book No Country for Old Men (2005), by Cormac McCarthy, looking, more specifically, a study about the character Anton Chigurh, a hitman who emerges in the narrative to accomplish a mission and leaves a dark trail of death and violence. This murderous persona, shrouded in an aura of mystery and disbelief, makes possible some interpretations that dialogue with the unusual and fantastic, both in literary text and in the film adaptation directed by Cohen brothers in 2007, and creates, with it, a rich process of intermediality, what allowed these artistic products achieves critical and public recognition. Indeed, we’ll use as research methodology the content analysis, about the approach this is a qualitative research, this way we’ll use as theoretical reference studies which portrays themes like unusual, fantastic and violence, and we highlight: Garcia (2008), Todorov (1980), and Ginzburg (2012). As ours results, we evidence that Chigurh rises as a death representation, visible only for those who find it, but without a face or clues for those who haven’t been in its presence. And his unusual ethos is recognized by the sheriff Ed Tom Bell (character who represents law and order), who consider him as a ghost, doubting if the murder is in fact a real man, in view of his shocking, uncanny and singular acts.
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Palavras-chave
Literatura, Cinema, Insólito, Violência, Literature, Cinema, Unusual, Violence
Citação
PINHEIRO, Maria Iranilde Almeida Costa; AMORIM, Jonas Magno Lopes. Anton Chigurh: o insólito vilão de No country for old men. Travessias, Cascavel, PR, v. 15, n. 2, p. 127-144, maio/ago. 2021. https://doi.org/10.48075/rt.v15i2.27753. Disponível em: https://e-revista.unioeste.br/index.php/travessias/article/view/27753. Acesso em: 2022-02-21