Sirius Black: uma análise do livro e do filme Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban

Abstract

This research consists of a descriptive and comparative analysis of the similarities and differences between the film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), by Alfonso Cuarón, and its corresponding source-text, written by J. K. Rowling. The analysis has a special focus on the character Sirius Black and his representation on screen. For this, we use authors who deal with issues of literature and adaptation, such as Geràrd Genette (1995), André Gaudreault (2009) and François Jost (2009), as well as Brian McFarlane (1996). The text is divided into four parts, in which, in the first part, the concept of adaptation will be discussed, using the analyzed novel itself as an example. In the second part, there is a description of the narrative functions, and of the literary and cinematographic narrative constructions, presenting passages and parts of the film adaptation and the book. In the third part, we will deal with the construction of the character Sirius Black in the book and its adaptation to the screens. Finally, the final considerations present the findings of the comparison between literary and cinematographic narratives, in which each one differs from the other, bringing an important factor for both, time. This is the point at which the narratives distance themselves, despite telling the same story.