Da página à tela: o lobisomem em Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban

Abstract

This dissertation examines the film adaptation by Alfonso Cuarón and the book Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban, the third volume of the renowned literary saga written by J.K Rowling. The research is developed from a comparative perspective, with the aim of analysing the representation of the werewolf in film and literature, in order to understand the different layers of meaning that exist in each of these media. Published between 1997 and 2007, the works received widespread public acclaim, gaining a huge fan base around the world in a short space of time. The emphasis on the intrinsic and comparative criticism of both media and the critical reading of the author's narrative, which has been little studied in Brazilian academia, justify the work and its relevance to the study of modern fiction. To this end, the theoretical-methodological framework includes Robert Stam (2003; 2008), who makes important contributions to film theory, Irina Rajewsky (2012), who develops essential categories for intermediality studies, and Linda Hutcheon (2013), who discusses the non-hierarchical nature of films and books.