Outras ilhas, outros desertos
a virada negativa dos espaços desabitados
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https://doi.org/10.35699/2317-2096.2021.26288Mots-clés :
distopia, narrativas pós-apocalípticas, Robinson Crusoé, A ilha do Dr. Moreau, A estradaRésumé
O espaço desabitado desempenha um papel importante no imaginário moderno. Seu fascínio deriva do maravilhamento dos primeiros viajantes europeus a entrarem em contato com o Novo Mundo, e ele encontra uma de suas manifestações mais paradigmáticas na ilha deserta de Robinson Crusoé. Originalmente um espaço de abundância em que o indivíduo encontra uma oportunidade aparentemente ilimitada de se expandir, ele surge, no final do século XIX, como um território controlado e sombrio, de contornos distópicos. Neste artigo, discuto de que modos se dá essa virada negativa do espaço desabitado, primeiro em A ilha do Dr. Moreau (1896), de H. G. Wells, e depois no romance pós-apocalíptico A estrada (2006), de Cormac McCarthy. Desse modo, pretendo mostrar como a imagem do espaço desabitado se apresenta em diferentes momentos da modernidade e como ela está ligada à maneira como pensamos nossa posição no mundo.
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