O significado da ironia no romance 'Triste fim de Policarpo Quaresma', de Lima Barreto
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5808753 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fernando Matias De Siqueira (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | THESIS |
| Publisher | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (PUBLISHER • BR) |
| DOI | 10.47749/t/unicamp.2015.951912 |
| OpenAlex | W4247564448 |
| Language | PT |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
This dissertation brings together literature and society from a sociological perspective.Its aim has been to study the use of irony in the novel The sad end of Policarpo Quaresma, by Brazilian author Lima Barreto.The starting point is that Lima Barreto mobilized irony to compose literary form in order to describe the process of modernization of late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Brazilian society.In the early stages of this research it was confirmed that Lima Barreto uses ironic literature to expresses an ambiguous relationship between ideas in favor of a fairer society and the harsh reality of everyday life, which denied these ideas.From this internal fact, an attempt is made to understand elements which are external to the work: the author and the social processes captured by him (the consolidation of the Brazilian First Republic).In order to do so, two moments have been objectified to study the meaning of this ambiguity, both in terms of the social process and in connection with Lima Barreto's own life.Regarding the social process it can be perceived that actual transformations taking place throughout Brazil's nineteenth century were far from matching the ideas of freedom and equality which aimed to bring about the broadening of citizenship and enfranchisement.Instead, old forms of exclusion and social hierarchy were perpetuated.As for Lima Barreto, his biography is closely linked to the very social process being analyzed, as his infancy saw him incarnate the very idea of developing his individuality, whereas, as an adult, social mechanisms of exclusion prevented him from continuing this development until fulfilment.Therefore, it can be deducted that the relationships between individual social process and artistic creation express a critique of the development of capitalism in Brazil, as well as of the dynamics of capitalist relationships in a broader sense.While occurring within the horizon of the fulfilment of human capacities, human relationships within capitalist social systems deny their own horizon, especially for socially and historically excluded groups
Romance · Social reality · Cultural, Media, and Literary Studies · Literature, Culture, and Criticism · Urban and sociocultural dynamics
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |