Confabulação íntima dos espíritos: ajuste e teste da forma machadiana em Contos fluminenses e Histórias da meia-noite
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2024-02-23
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Fruteira, Camila [UNIFESP]
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Cerqueira, Rodrigo Soares de [UNIFESP]
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Dissertação de mestrado
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Este trabalho estuda os contos de Machado de Assis, compilados nos livros Contos fluminenses (1870) e Histórias da meia-noite (1873). Como são, em sua maioria, histórias amorosas, a crítica literária tende a considerá-las “inferiores”, “conformadas” e “sentimentais”, ainda fiéis às prerrogativas do romantismo. A partir da hipótese de que Machado, já nessas obras consideradas “menores”, estivesse buscando adequar a forma ao seu projeto de crítica à ordem senhorial oitocentista, o trabalho analisa os contos compilados nesses livros, buscando entender, como, por meio de um enredo romântico e tradicional, ele descreve e interpreta seu tempo. O referencial teórico que sustenta a análise é, sobretudo, o proporcionado por Sydney Chalhoub (2003) e John Gledson (2008), para quem as primeiras obras do autor fluminense funcionam como um "laboratório de escrita", por meio do qual Machado de Assis estaria adequando a forma literária ao seu projeto de crítica à classe dominante senhorial de meados do século XIX. Conjuntamente com o levantamento bibliográfico, foi realizado um esforço de depreender sentido histórico proposto por Machado, a partir da análise de algumas formas simbólicas nas narrativas de amor. O close reading dessas histórias mostra que o autor fluminense empregou moldes românticos em seus enredos, atribuindo traços antirromânticos a essas formas, conferindo dimensões realistas a determinadas questões sociais, para lidar e reformular a seu modo os problemas formais que herdou.
This study examines the short stories of Machado de Assis compiled in the books "Contos fluminenses" (1870) and "Histórias da meia-noite" (1873). Since these tales predominantly revolve around romantic themes, literary criticism often regards them as "inferior", "conventional" and "utilitarian”, remaining faithful to the principles of Romanticism. From the premise that even in these so-called "lesser" works, Machado might have been endeavoring to adjust the narrative form to his critique of the hegemonic ruling class of the 19th century, the study analyzes the short stories compiled in these books, seeking to understand how, through a romantic and traditional plot, he describes and interprets his socio-historical context. The theoretical framework that supports the analysis is mainly provided by Sydney Chalhoub (2003) and John Gledson (2008), for whom the author's early works function as a "writing laboratory," through which Machado de Assis was adapting literary form to his project of criticism of the mid-19th century ruling class. Together with the bibliographical survey, an effort was made to discern the historical meaning proposed by Machado, based on the analysis of some symbolic forms in the love. The close reading of these tales shows that the author employed romantic patterns in his plots – displacing models of romantic authors who preceded him – infusing them with anti-romantic elements, to lend a realistic portrayal to various social issues, thus grappling with and reshaping inherited formal contradictions.
This study examines the short stories of Machado de Assis compiled in the books "Contos fluminenses" (1870) and "Histórias da meia-noite" (1873). Since these tales predominantly revolve around romantic themes, literary criticism often regards them as "inferior", "conventional" and "utilitarian”, remaining faithful to the principles of Romanticism. From the premise that even in these so-called "lesser" works, Machado might have been endeavoring to adjust the narrative form to his critique of the hegemonic ruling class of the 19th century, the study analyzes the short stories compiled in these books, seeking to understand how, through a romantic and traditional plot, he describes and interprets his socio-historical context. The theoretical framework that supports the analysis is mainly provided by Sydney Chalhoub (2003) and John Gledson (2008), for whom the author's early works function as a "writing laboratory," through which Machado de Assis was adapting literary form to his project of criticism of the mid-19th century ruling class. Together with the bibliographical survey, an effort was made to discern the historical meaning proposed by Machado, based on the analysis of some symbolic forms in the love. The close reading of these tales shows that the author employed romantic patterns in his plots – displacing models of romantic authors who preceded him – infusing them with anti-romantic elements, to lend a realistic portrayal to various social issues, thus grappling with and reshaping inherited formal contradictions.
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FRUTEIRA, Camila. Confabulação íntima dos espíritos: ajuste e teste da forma machadiana em Contos fluminenses e Histórias da meia-noite. 2024. 77 p. Dissertação (Mestrado em Letras) - Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humana, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Guarulhos, 2024.