Fantasmas, vampiros e as crises capitalistas: interseções entre literatura gótica e economia nos séculos XVIII e XIX

Daniel Serravalle de Sá

doi:10.47250/intrell.v43i1.p131-143

Authors

Daniel Serravalle de Sá Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9994-6178

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47250/intrell.v43i1.p131-143

Keywords:

Gothic literature. Economic discourse. Liberal capitalism. Social transformation. Interdisciplinarity.

Abstract

This article Investigates the social and cultural transformations In eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain, using the English Gothic novel as a prism to examine the complex Interactions between Literature and Economics. The discussion is guided by the principle that the economic discourse of the period drew upon preexisting aesthetic and narrative elements to shape its theories on market, value, and crisis (Moretti, 1982; Jameson, 1995; Houston, 2005; Puglia, 2008). The research emphasizes both formal and cultural analysis, exploring how Gothic fiction In general – and Dracula (1897) In particular – not only reflected but also shaped the anxieties of emerging liberal capitalism. By treating the literary text as an Interdisciplinary discursive practice embedded In broader sociohistorical structures, the article seeks to examine more specifically how literary Gothic mediated the economic and social fears of its time, revealing ideological tensions linked to Industrialization, financial Instability, and class conflict.

Submission: Jun 13, 2025 ⊶ Accepted: Sep 15, 2025

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Author Biography

Daniel Serravalle de Sá, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC

Professor do Departamento de Língua e Literatura Estrangeiras da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Representante titular do Centro de Comunicação e Expressão no Conselho de Curadores da UFSC. Professor permanente do Programa de Pós-graduação Interdisciplinar em Ciências Humanas (PPGICH/UFSC) e professor colaborador do Programa de Pós-graduação em Letras da Universidade Federal de Sergipe (PPGL/UFS).

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