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O protagonista do filme Citizen Kane/O mundo a seus pés (1941), de Orson Welles, é uma das figuras que melhor encarnam o narcisista. Charles Foster Kane constitui o epítome do homem que sonhou demasiado alto, ascendeu ao estrelato e, no término da vida, sofreu a queda. O seu comportamento exibe caraterísticas típicas da perturbação de personalidade narcísica: acalenta sonhos de grandeza; detém uma imagem auto-idealizada; demonstra falta de empatia; mantém um desejo constante de admiração, etc. Nesta comunicação, o meu objetivo reside em analisar o clássico de Welles na perspetiva do narcisismo. Para tanto, recorro a estudos sobre este transtorno de personalidade, ao filme e à opinião de diversos ensaístas.
The protagonist of the movie Citizen Kane/O mundo a seus pés (1941), by Orson Welles, is one of the characters that best incarnate the narcissist. Charles Foster Kane constitutes the epitome of the man who dreamt too high, raised to stardom, and, at the end of his life, suffered the fall. His behavior depicts characteristics associated with Narcissistic Personality Disorder: he holds delusions of grandeur; has an idealized self-perception; shows lack of empathy; has a need for continual admiration, etc. In this paper, my goal is to analyze Welles’s classic, under the perspective of Narcissism. To do so, I resort to studies about the Narcissistic Personality Disorder, to the movie and to the opinion of several essayists.
The protagonist of the movie Citizen Kane/O mundo a seus pés (1941), by Orson Welles, is one of the characters that best incarnate the narcissist. Charles Foster Kane constitutes the epitome of the man who dreamt too high, raised to stardom, and, at the end of his life, suffered the fall. His behavior depicts characteristics associated with Narcissistic Personality Disorder: he holds delusions of grandeur; has an idealized self-perception; shows lack of empathy; has a need for continual admiration, etc. In this paper, my goal is to analyze Welles’s classic, under the perspective of Narcissism. To do so, I resort to studies about the Narcissistic Personality Disorder, to the movie and to the opinion of several essayists.
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Narcisismo Citizen Kane Orson Welles Adaptação cinematográfica
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Mancelos, João de. “Charles Foster Kane: Um narcisista com o Mundo a seus pés”. Forma breve: Olhares de Narciso: Egotismo e alienação (Centro de Línguas e Culturas, Universidade de Aveiro) 17 (2021): 295-302. ISSN: 1645-927X.
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Centro de Línguas e Culturas, Universidade de Aveiro