REPRESENTATIONS OF EVIL AND INNOCENCE

REPRESENTATIONS OF EVIL AND INNOCENCE: FOUR LITERARY WORKS AND THEIR CINEMA TRANSLATIONS

Abstract

The text discusses how four horror works, influential both in cinema and literature (The Other, movie by Robert Mulligan and novel by Thomas Tryon; The Omen movie by Richard Donner and novel by David Seltzer; Rosemary’s Baby, movie by Roman Polanski and novel by Ira Levin; and The Exorcist, movie by William Friedkin and novel by William Peter Blatty), combine elements related to “Evil” and “innocence” in the center of their narratives. The relation first adresses to how those elements are present in each specific case, and then goes to a general proposition that can be verified in all the narratives (the innocence and the Evil, the child and Devil). Besides, it also uses historical studies fitting with the theme, as this area can assist in the general comprehension of the disruptive power of the stories and how the symbols present in each case are unique. Therefore, the language of four cinematographic works are discussed, as well as a dialogue of those with the texts whose inspired them - aiming to understand how they have done the translation of one media to another by comparison.