(Anti)Fascism and Superhero Comics:  An Anthropological Examination of Innovativeness in Comic Books as Exemplified by V for Vendetta

Miloš Zarić

doi:10.21301/eap.v15i4.5

Autori

Miloš Zarić Doktorand na Odeljenju za etnologiju i antropologiju, Filozofski fakultet, Univerzitet u Beogradu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21301/eap.v15i4.5

Ključne reči:

Alan Mur, fašizam, anarhizam, kreativnost/inovativnost, dekonstrukcija/revizija, žanr superherojskog stripa, intertekstualnost

Apstrakt

Rad se bavi analizom stripa „V kao Vendeta“ dvojice autora, scenariste Alana Mura i crtača Dejvida Lojda. Radi se o narativno-grafičkom delu koje po svojim glavnim karakteristikama pripada književnom žanru kritičke distopije, ali se dovodi u vezu i sa žanrom superherojskog stripa koji je, po mišljenju jednog broja autora, neraskidivo povezan s ideologijom i praksom političke desnice, koja u svom ekstremnom vidu poprima oblik fašizma. Način tretiranja elementa fašizma u tom, kao i u druga dva stripa o kojima će u radu biti reči („Nadzirači“ Alana Mura i Dejva Gibonsa i „Povratak mračnog viteza“ Frenka Milera), dovodi se u vezu sa načinom na koji je proces kreativnosti/inovativnosti funkcionisao u kontekstu revizije/dekonstrukcije žanra superherojskog stripa u osamdesetim godinama 20. veka, kako na kolektivnom, tako i na individualnom planu na nivou strukture mišljenja britanskog pisca Alana Mura. Putem primene strukturalno-semiotičkog modela analize, rad nastoji da pronikne u logiku naznačenog dekonstruktivističkog postupka „rasparčanog“ na tri stripska predloška o kojima će u radu biti reči, s akcentom na analizi stripa „V kao Vendeta“ koja ima za cilj da utvrdi njegovu „skrivenu“, konotativnu značenjsku dimenziju. U istraživanju se usvaja moderno stanoviše u shvatanju stripa prema kojem se suština tog medija, ono po čemu se on razlikuje od drugih narativnih i grafičkih formi izražavanja kao i od filma, prepoznaje u specifičnom, sekvencijalnom načinu kombinovanja njegove vizuelne i narativne komponente, putem kojeg se generišu značenja čije tumačenje zavisi od intencije autora ali i od pogleda čitaoca.

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