O arquétipo do “Destruidor” de Carol Pearson na construção da identidade latinoamericana em personagens de teatro musical nos espetáculos “West side story”, “Evita” e “The Capeman”

Abstract

This paper will analyze three Latin American characters in three different musical theater productions: Bernardo in West Side Story, Che in Evita, and Salvador Agrón in The Capeman. This analysis will be comparative, and we will begin by defining what musical theater is and understanding the relevance of studying this literary genre. We will then examine the presence of the Destroyer archetype, defined by Carol Pearson in her work The Hero's Journey, and influenced by Carl Jung's concepts of archetypes and the collective unconscious, by reading the original texts of the chosen shows. Our overall objective is to understand the influence of these characters on the perception of Latin American identity according to archetypes that constitute pejorative and derogatory traits of this identity. Our specific objectives are: To establish a comparison between the characters analyzed in each work; To analyze negative and positive cultural impacts based on the representations observed and reflect on the repercussions of these characters on Latin culture. Other authors will provide theoretical support for this work, such as Leopoldo Zea, Stuart Hall, Rosalía Ines Lenguitti, etc.