MUNDOS DE HISTÓRIA EXPANDIDOS E ARQUIVOS COMO POLISSISTEMAS: O CASO DO UNIVERSO MARVEL

Arthur Maia Baby Gomes; Pedro Oliveira Galvão de Arruda; Victoria Mello Veríssimo da Fonseca

doi:10.34019/1983-8379.2025.v18.49661

Authors

Arthur Maia Baby Gomes UFRGS
Pedro Oliveira Galvão de Arruda Unesp https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8268-1502
Victoria Mello Veríssimo da Fonseca UFRGS https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0015-5881

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34019/1983-8379.2025.v18.49661

Keywords:

archives, expanded storyworlds, Marvel, narratology, polysystems

Abstract

This paper investigates, using the Marvel Universe in its comic book and cinematic publications, the intersections and differences between the concepts of archive (Derecho, 2006) and expanded storyworlds (Autor; Indrusiak, 2021), as well as the relevance of understanding them as polysystems, as proposed by Itamar Even-Zohar (1978). The text is divided in four sections. The first aims to clarify the article’s key concepts: “expanded storyworlds”, “archive” and “polysystems”. Next, there is a brief overview of the storyworlds to be analyzed, both in the Marvel Comics (MC) and the Cinematic Universe (MCU). In the third section, we discuss how the polysystem hypothesis can be applied to these objects. Finally, we explore another way to integrate these storyworlds: when consumed through the lens of the existence of multiverses, thematized within the narratives themselves, it becomes possible to integrate what would previously be considered an archive into a single storyworld. In conclusion, we argue that framing expanded storyworlds and archives as polysystems contributes to a more detailed understanding of two narrative phenomena that result from the complex relationships among various media products.

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Author Biographies

Arthur Maia Baby Gomes, UFRGS

Doutor em Letras pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul e mestre pela mesma universidade. Faz parte do Grupo de Estudos de Narratologia e Intermidialidade (GENI), coordenado pela Prof.ª Dr.ª Elaine Barros Indrusiak.

Pedro Oliveira Galvão de Arruda, Unesp

Professor do curso de Produção Audiovisual das Faculdades Integradas de Bauru (FIB). Doutorando em Comunicação pela Unesp e pesquisador associado ao GENI. Mestre em Comunicação pela FAAC/Unesp.

Victoria Mello Veríssimo da Fonseca, UFRGS

Mestranda em Letras pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul e graduada em Licenciatura em Letras Português-Inglês pela mesma universidade. Faz parte do GENI.

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