Dorian Gray e seu duplo: considerações sobre o fantástico na obra de Oscar Wilde

Abstract

In this study, we aim to investigate the presence of the double in The picture of Dorian Gray, novel from de Irish writer Oscar Wilde, based on theories about the fantastic, highlighted their presence in the referred work from the concept of double as defined by Sigmund Freud in his article entitled The "uncanny". In order to provide definitions for the fantastic as a literary manifestation characterized by the estrangement caused in the character and the reader, we performed a bibliographic survey, in which we highlight mainly the studies of Alvarez (2012), Cortázar (2008), Krieger (2012), Pinto (2012) and Todorov (2008). In relation to the theme of the double, we take the concept of “uncanny” as a basis of study, in the way proposed by Freud (1996), until getting its definition and adequacy within the literature, with the assistance of other texts of equal importance to the development of the present study. We have verified, therefore, the presence of the theme of the double in The picture of Dorian Gray, a novel that is an important source of analysis for scholars of fantastic literature.