A costela de Adão: a heroína de quadrinhos como versão do herói

Resumo (EN)

This dissertation studied the heroines derived from male heroes, that is, feminine versions of heroes previously established according to a cultural archaic imaginary system widely spread through the means of communication. These heroines have been called spin-offs, term that defines them as a product created from a previously existent pattern. Since they are present in comic books and consequently are brought to other media, and also because they increased in importance and in quantity in the last years, it becomes necessary to understand them. This research thus tried to map the present archetypes in the spin-off heroines, to catalogue their appearances in comic book narratives and to detect myths and archetypes that reappear in them. In order to do so, the research raised quantitative data of these heroines, relating them chronologically to the respective heroes out of which they came. Based on these data, a qualitative analysis was performed, taking into account the spin-offs‟s iconography, their symbolism, the manifestation of their powers and how they are used in stories. It was concluded that archaic myths and archetypes are very present in these heroines and that the spin-offs are still strapped inside a cultural imaginary of Jewish-Christian and Greco-Roman roots.