A simbólica utopia felina e o reconhecimento da razão animal em “Um sonho de mil gatos”, de Neil Gaiman

Graphic novel lancada entre 1989 e 1996, Sandman segue a jornada da personagem-titulo, governante do mundo dos sonhos e entidade que existe desde o inicio dos tempos. Em Um sonho de mil gatos (1990), Sandman adquire a forma de um gato. A historia apresenta uma gata domestica que busca mudar o mundo atraves dos sonhos. A partir disso, este trabalho tem como objetivos analisar os simbolos na narrativa e a construcao utopica atraves do ato de sonhar. Para tanto, serao utilizados: Chevalier e Gheerbrant (2015), a fim de auxiliar na analise dos simbolos presentes na obra; Bloch (2005), para a discussao sobre sonhos como pensamento utopicos; e Jung (2016), para as reflexoes sobre as concepcoes de sonho enquanto simbolo. Por fim, atraves das leituras mencionadas, alem da analise minuciosa da graphic novel em questao, nota-se que o sonhar conduz o processo de construcao do utopico apresentado na narrativa. The symbolic feline utopia and the recognition of the animal reason in “A dream of a thousand cats”, by Neil Gaiman Graphic novel published between 1989 and 1996, Sandman follows the journey of the eponymous character, ruler of the dreaming world and entity who exists since the beginning of time. In A dream of a thousand cats (1990), Sandman becomes a cat. The story presents a domestic cat that intends to change the world through dreams. Taking this into account, this paper aims to analyze the symbols in the narrative and the utopic construction through the act of dreaming. To that end, the following will be used: Chevalier e Gheerbrant (2015), in order to support the analysis of the symbols present in the work; Bloch (1995), for the discussion on dreams as utopic thinking; and Jung (2016), for the reflections upon the conceptions of dream as a symbol. At last, through the aforementioned readings, in addition to the thorough analysis of the graphic novel under discussion, it can be noticed that the dreaming is what leads the process of the utopic construction presented in the narrative. Keywords: Cats. Dream. Graphic Novel. Symbols. Utopia DOI: 10.28998/2317-9945.2019n63p306-318 Normal 0 21 false false false PT-BR X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Tabela normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:8.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:107%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}