Melancholy and finitude or hate and compassion in Samuel Rawet's short stories

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/1679849X74023

Keywords:

Melancholy, Samuel Rawet, Tales

Abstract

Through a reading towards understanding the implications of the conflict between feelings of hatred and compassion, this article intends to discuss the social violence resulting from the authoritarianism present in any social regime. The analysis of the stories in Terreno de uma Polegada Quadrada by Samuel Rawet (Still once dead, Under a beautiful May sky, An afternoon in April, Reinvenção de Lázaro and Lisbon at night) reflects melancholy as an element of critical possibility within a exclusionary and authoritarian system.

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Author Biography

Alamir Aquino Corrêa, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Londrina, PR

Doutorado em Literaturas Hispânicas - Indiana University Bloomington

References

RAWET, Samuel. O terreno de uma polegada quadrada. Rio de Janeiro: Orfeu, 1969. Disponível em: http://www.brown.edu/Faculty/Faculty_Governance/facbulletin/98FacBulHtml/vieira.html. Acessado em 10 de junho de 2004.

RAWET, Samuel. Que os Mortos enterrem Seus Mortos. São Paulo: Vertente, 1981.

Published

2005-07-01

How to Cite

Corrêa, A. A. (2005). Melancholy and finitude or hate and compassion in Samuel Rawet’s short stories. Literatura E Autoritarismo, (6). https://doi.org/10.5902/1679849X74023