“Tudo o que o mundo tem a lhe oferecer”: monstrosity in ‘O cheiro do ralo’, by Lourenço Mutarelli

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  • Juliana Ciambra Rahe Bertin Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso do Sul, RS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/1679849X26601

Keywords:

Monster, Horror, Lourenço Mutarelli

Abstract

This essay analyzes the monster in the novel O cheiro do ralo, by Lourenço Mutarelli, through the identification of elements that comprises the configuration of such creatures – such as habitat, impurity, power, pleasure and freedom. The monster is a cultural construction, a device to establish borders between permitted and prohibited practices, between order and chaos, between us and them. In this narrative, the monstrousness of the protagonist is linked to the way he behaves, challenging what is socially acceptable.

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Published

2017-04-10 — Updated on 2022-03-16

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Bertin, J. C. R. (2022). “Tudo o que o mundo tem a lhe oferecer”: monstrosity in ‘O cheiro do ralo’, by Lourenço Mutarelli. Literatura E Autoritarismo, (19). https://doi.org/10.5902/1679849X26601 (Original work published April 10, 2017)

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