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Machado de Assis and Narrative Theory: Language, Imitation, Art, and Verisimilitude in the Last Six Novels

Minchillo, Carlos Cortez

Hispanic review, 2022, Vol.90 (1), p.131-135 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press

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  • Título:
    Machado de Assis and Narrative Theory: Language, Imitation, Art, and Verisimilitude in the Last Six Novels
  • Autor: Minchillo, Carlos Cortez
  • Assuntos: Autobiographies ; Brazilian literature ; Imitation ; Linguistics ; Literary translation ; Machado de Assis, Joaquim Maria (1839-1908) ; Modernity ; Narratives ; Novels ; Portuguese language ; Psychiatrists ; Semiotics ; Storytelling ; Syntax ; Theoretical linguistics ; Word meaning ; World literature ; Writers
  • É parte de: Hispanic review, 2022, Vol.90 (1), p.131-135
  • Descrição: Susan Sontag, for instance, in a widely known and debated statement, deems Machado "the greatest author ever produced in Latin America" and goes on to regret the fact that he is largely ignored beyond the Lusophone world (102).1 The marginality of the Portuguese language, the peripheral position of Brazilian literature, and the scarcity of translations may have all been part of the problem. [...]at both the microlevel of vocabulary and syntax and the macrolevel of storytelling, Machado's later novels provide, according to Fitz, an unprecedentedly subtle approach to literary representation-one that, by exploring the ever-shifting meaning of words and embracing language's fluidity, is better poised to capture the indeterminacy of both our inner and our social lives in their constant state of flux. According to Fitz, Machado invites the reader to understand language and the novel as a semiotic system, or, as Fitz puts it, to realize that "[w]hether a piece of chicken or a word, a thing means something, or has value, only in relation to other things" (64). Along with the translation of more works by Brazilian writers and scholars alike, books like Machado de Assis and Narrative Theory pave the way for the reception of literary works that, otherwise, remain regrettably off the radar even among many in academia.
  • Editor: Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press
  • Idioma: Inglês
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