A narrativa do gângster e a moral cristã em "Little Caesar" de Mervyn Leroy

Elder Kôei Itikawa Tanaka

doi:10.5433/1678-2054.2015v29p21

The gangster narrative and the christian morality in Mervin Leroy’s Little Cesar

Authors

Elder Kôei Itikawa Tanaka Universidade de São Paulo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3900-731X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1678-2054.2015v29p21

Keywords:

Gangster, Literature, Cinema, Adaptation

Abstract

This article discusses Little Caesar (Mervyn LeRoy, 1930) in order to observe how the adaptations made from W. R. Burnett’s novel of the same name published in 1929 altered the original text, mainly regarding the Christian moralistic tone of the narrative. Our aim is to identify, through the analysis of some of Little Caesar’s scenes, these adaptations and their effect on the narrative.

Author Biography

Elder Kôei Itikawa Tanaka, Universidade de São Paulo

Master and PhD student in North American Literature and Cinema at the Universidade de São Paulo.

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2015-12-05

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TANAKA, Elder Kôei Itikawa. The gangster narrative and the christian morality in Mervin Leroy’s Little Cesar. Terra Roxa e Outras Terras: Revista de Estudos Literários, [S. l.], v. 29, p. 21–29, 2015. DOI: 10.5433/1678-2054.2015v29p21. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/terraroxa/article/view/25234. Acesso em: 7 jul. 2024.

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Vol. 29: Literatura e Cinema (2015)

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