Entre a literatura e o cinema: análise do Auto da Compadecida, de Ariano Suassuna

Abstract

The present work aims to discuss and present the relationship between between the literary work “Auto da Compadecida” (1955), by Ariano Suassuna, and the cinematographic work “The bumblers in the self of compassion” (1987), by Roberto Farias. In this sense, the text proposal will be discussed. original and proposed film adaptation. So the purpose of this The text is not to state that a work is better than another, or if a work is meeting the expectations placed on it, but establishing a between the two works and present differences that evidence the process of production of each of them. For this, the changes will be analyzed performed in the film adaptation that contributed to its production, correlated with the original text, such as: the organization of the events and the text of the film adaptation, the characters and the narrative. Thus, the main authors used for the accomplishment of this research were Curado (2007), Johnson (2003) and Bazin (1991). Introducing thus, some understandings about the relationship between literature and cinema, and showing the similarities and differences of the works cited. It is also worked on this research the emergence of popular theaters, emphasizing the its development during the period it arrived in Portugal. THE methodology of this study took into account the use of observations and clippings to reach a conclusion, so this research is qualitative. Therefore, after the observations it was possible to understand the procedures used in cinematographic work.