FROM TRADITIONAL TO POP: A LOOK AT CUCA’S MYTH IN THE SERIES ‘CIDADE INVISÍVEL’ FROM JUNG AND VOGLER’S ARCHETYPES

um olhar sobre o mito da Cuca na série Cidade Invisível a partir dos arquétipos de Jung e Vogler

Abstract

This paper addresses the myth of Cuca, portrayed in the series Cidade Invisível (Invisible City), by Carlos Saldanha, which premiered in 2020, on Netflix streaming platform. The aim is to analyze the character from the perspective of archetypes, considering the “maternal archetype” from Carl Gustav Jung’s perspective, in addition to the archetypes of the “hero's journey”, according to Christopher Vogler. Unlike the myths about the character previously woven, the series seeks to present a new look for Cuca, with new features and elements, thus building a maternal and protective personality. In this sense, one question seems quite evident: how this new Cuca’s myth, from Jung's perspective of “maternal archetype”, seeks to corroborate with the narrative proposed in the series and reformulate a myth that is so widespread in Brazilian popular imagination.