Os Limites da Figuração da Morte e a Existência do “Ser-Rizoma” em Monstro do Pântano, de Alan Moore

Norival Bottos; Matheus Filipe Melo dos Santos

doi:10.5433/2237-4876.2024v27n2p27-39

The limits of the figuration of death and the being-rhizome existence in the Swamp Thing, by Alan Moore

Authors

Norival Bottos Federal University of Amazonas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2339-7536
Matheus Filipe Melo dos Santos Federal University of Amazonas https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2304-5477

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https://doi.org/10.5433/2237-4876.2024v27n2p27-39

Keywords:

Swamp Thing, Alan Moore, Figuration of death, Rhizome

Abstract

This study investigates the figuration of death, as well as the notion of rhizome in stories in Swamp Thing comic, written by Alan Moore. To do this, we carry out a critical reading of the first five editions written by Alan Moore, analyzing how the figuration of death occurs, based on the concepts of death-rebirth and double and, taking such concepts into consideration, we seek to demonstrate how this figuration is surpassed by the notion of rhizome that seems to permeate the entire existence of the Monster of Swamp, as well as its connection with green, in which the transmitted memory and absolved conscience plays an important role in this narrative, reaching the point where You can say that the Swamp Monster, when (re)born, became a rhizome. It is worth mentioning that we opted for a comparativist approach, of an intertextual and transdisciplinary nature, based on texts written by authors such as Edgar Morin, Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, Maurice Hallbwachs, among others.

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Author Biographies

Norival Bottos, Federal University of Amazonas

PhD in Literature and Comparative Studies from the Graduate Program in Literature and Linguistics at the Federal University of Goiás (UFG). Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM). norivalbottos@ufam.edu.br

Matheus Filipe Melo dos Santos, Federal University of Amazonas

Degree in Letters - Portuguese Language and Literature from the Federal University of Amazonas (2021), and is studying for a master's degree in Literary Studies in the graduate program in Letters at the Federal University of Amazonas (PPGL-UFAM). He is a member of the Portuguese Language Literatures Studies and Research Group (GEPELIP). He has experience in basic education and in the field of Literature, with an emphasis on Portuguese Literature, working mainly on the following areas: prose fiction in Portuguese and the figuration of death. matheus.santos@ufam.edu.br

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2024-08-30

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BOTTOS, Norival; FILIPE MELO DOS SANTOS, Matheus. The limits of the figuration of death and the being-rhizome existence in the Swamp Thing, by Alan Moore. Signum: Estudos da Linguagem, [S. l.], v. 27, n. 2, p. 27–39, 2024. DOI: 10.5433/2237-4876.2024v27n2p27-39. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/49880. Acesso em: 2 jan. 2025.

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