The shadow of the world: excess and imprisonment in Diomedes: a trilogia do acidente, by Lourenço Mutarelli

The aim of this paper is to examine the way the aesthetics of film noir is appropriated by Lourenço Mutarelli in his graphic novel Diomedes: a trilogia do acidente. Torn between an attempt to represent the real and a strong impulse towards stylization, this aesthetics acts as a structuring element of the narrative, creating a world characterized by excess and degradation, from which apparently there is no way out.

本论文旨在探讨劳伦索·穆塔雷利（Lourenço Mutarelli）在其图像小说（graphic novel）《狄俄墨德斯：事故三部曲》（Diomedes: a trilogia do acidente）中对黑色电影（film noir）美学的挪用路径。该美学在再现现实的尝试与强烈的风格化冲动之间摇摆不定，成为叙事的结构性要素，构建出一个充斥着过度与堕落、看似无路可逃的世界。