Joker, între psihoză, crimă și revoltă artistică și socială. O interpretare a romanului grafic Batman. Gluma ucigașă
Joker, between psychosis, murder and artistic and social revolt. An interpretation of the graphic novel Batman. The killer joke

Summary/Abstract: The article argues that in Batman. ”The Killing Joke”, the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland (1988), the character of the Joker is dimensioned so that he goes beyond the simple relationship of opposition to Batman, his great adversary. Although the story is built, in general, respecting the Batman canon, Joker stands out through a complex positioning, which leaves the simple categories of psychopath and criminal and becomes a social rebel with multiple ideological valences. The article highlights the means used by the graphic novel to construct characters and undertakes a hermeneutic analysis of the discourse, which occupies a central place, held by the Joker. The analysis is based on the theory of distance to insanity and crime, as elaborated in the work The Autonomous Discourse. Communication Strategies (2013).

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