Complexidade e momentos “quase-aha” na narrativa digital

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Abstract

Diante de uma narrativa enigmática no cinema, na literatura ou em jogos digitais, o público
pode chegar perto de sentir que está quase compreendendo o que está acontecendo, como os
eventos estão interligados e assim por diante. Esse sentimento — que chamo de momento
“quase-aha” nesse artigo — é especialmente comum no engajamento com narrativas que
utilizam vários recursos formais para criar complexidade a nível cognitivo. Explorando uma
instância concreta dessa experiência a partir do jogo digital narrativo Immortality (Barlow,
2022), esse artigo argumenta que esses momentos “quase-aha” revelam a natureza
corporificada da narração de histórias — como narrativas se baseiam em padrões de interação
mais básicos, corporais e afetivos com o mundo. Através da complexidade lúdica, a falha ou
ruptura da construção de sentido narrativo expõe as estruturas cognitivas subjacentes à própria
experiência narrativa.

Author Biography

Marco Caracciolo, Universidade de Ghent

Marco Caracciolo is an Associate Professor of English and Literary Theory at Ghent University in Belgium. After receiving a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Bologna in 2012, he has held fellowships in Hamburg, Groningen, and Freiburg. In 2011, he was a visiting scholar within Project Narrative at Ohio State University. His work has been funded by the European Research Council, the Dutch Research Council (NWO), and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He is the author of several books, including most recently Slow Narrative and Nonhuman Materialities (University of Nebraska Press, 2022) and Contemporary Fiction and Climate Uncertainty: Narrating Unstable Futures (Bloomsbury, 2022). His articles have appeared in journals including New Literary History, PMLA, SubStance, Poetics Today, and Narrative.

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2026-03-02

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Caracciolo, M. (2026). Complexidade e momentos “quase-aha” na narrativa digital. Revista Letras, 111(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/rel.v111i1.100546

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Vol. 111 No. 1 (2025): Dossiê Temático Mente e Narrativa

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Dossiê Temático “Mente e narrativa”

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