Max e Carol, um diálogo sobre projeção de personalidade em Onde Vivem os Monstros: literatura infantil e filme

Abstract

"Max and Carol, a dialogue about personality projection" brings a survey of concepts and interpositions based on the idea of an explanatory hypothesis, abduction, about the characters Max and Carol from the film Where the Wild things are, directed by Spike Jonze in 2009. This research aims at raising points in which the personality and experiences of the two characters have common points. From the concepts of Melanie Klein’s (1986) psychology and aspects of adaptation and social representations of Linda Hutcheon (2006) and Tânia Maria Vaisberg (1995), an overview about a fantasy landscape being used as a tool for reflection and assistance for personal development and world compression, especially in the children's environment. Max visualizes his mundane problems externally to himself and needs to manage and solve them with new characters but with similar plot internal conflicts.