Carnavalização na adaptação fílmica Alice no país das maravilhas de Tim Burton

Abstract

The Alice in Wonderland narrative was adapted for cinema at different times in the 20th and 21st centuries, by different directors. One of the most recent works of translation of this plot took place in 2010, carried out by Tim Burton, in which it is possible to visualize carnivalesque traits in the film produced. In view of this, we will analyze, in this work, the film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, by the aforementioned director, in order to understand the Carnivalization, in Bakhtinian terms, developed in the work. Carnivalization is the event in which the popular layer of society has the opportunity to also participate in privileged social processes, traditionally carried out by a class that holds power, such as kings, queens, popes, princes, etc. Carnival events occur through an inversion of social roles, or poles, resulting in laughter or mockery. To do so, we will use Bakhtin's works (2005, 2008) on Carnavalização and Discini (2006) as the main theoretical contribution. We analyzed five scenes from Tim Burton's 2010 film in order to understand how carnivalization happens in the cinematographic narrative.