Texto e imagem o papel do ilustrador nas narrativas de Alice

Abstract

This dissertation investigates the process of creation of images performed between the author and the illustrator in the two narratives written by Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland and Though the Looking-Glass. Published in the nineteenth century, both works were illustrated by British illustrator and cartoonist John Tenniel. We intend to gather information that would clarify and facilitate the understanding the translation process of literary text into the creation of graphic images. The title "Text and Image" is an attempt to add these two languages, watching through the concept of supplement by Jacques Derrida, as both work intrinsically within the picture book. In Alice's narratives, these languages would be dependent? There is a domination or exclusivity to the verbal text on the visual text? Would be the images the key for understanding the narrative and, therefore, the illustrator is also author of the work? To go through among that complexity, first, it was necessary to approach Alice's narratives in his written text and and verify the tendency to imagery for his verbal language. Second, we conceptualize and take into account what constitutes an image, exploring the illustrated book as a literary media full of peculiarities. Third, we explore through correspondence sent between author-illustrator, the image analysis, comments about the illustrations that explain the visual construction of the text and we concluded showing its repercussions. Finally, we think about what is considered "image", reflecting on the words, their meaning and their graphical representation, text layout and development of the small details that often get overlooked by the readers. To develop this research we use authors that analyze the singularities between text and image; the book illustrated, comics, the word-image, concrete poetry and writings of artists. The theoretical framework involves the theories of Sophie Van der Linden, Maria Nikolajeva, Mary Scott, Martine Joly, Julio Plaza, Decius Pignatari, Haroldo and Augusto de Campos, Will Eisner, Scott McCloud, Umberto Eco, among others. The authors Morton N. Cohen and Martin Gardner contributed interesting information and biographical data about Lewis Carroll and John Tenniel.