Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: HÉLCIU EINSTEIN SANTOS FERREIRA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
DISCENTE : HÉLCIU EINSTEIN SANTOS FERREIRA
DATA : 28/07/2017
HORA: 14:30
LOCAL: CCHLA
TÍTULO:

Systematized chaos - the narrative breaks in the novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

Novel, Narrative Break, Aesthetic, Time, Laurence Sterne

PÁGINAS: 45
GRANDE ÁREA: Lingüística, Letras e Artes
ÁREA: Letras
SUBÁREA: Literatura Comparada
RESUMO:

The goal of this study is to do a structural analysis of the work of the Irish author Laurence Sterne (1713-1768), The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, published in 1760 and that was remarkable for representing a true aesthetic revolution in a literary genre that was already renowned on the XVIII century in England: the romance. Breaking with the predominat aesthetical notions of the romanesque genre of his time, Sterne shows in his work a shattered narrative, with incomplete, out of order, chapters, endless digressions and a narrator whose trustworthiness is constantly put in question. Starting from the complexity brought by Sterne’s aesthetical inovations, we will investigate various ways by which the author breaks the narrative in his romance. Those breaks have as main goal to provoke in his readers a constant sensation of strangeness and frustration, so that in order to understand Tristram Shandy it is necessary that the reader forgoes a passive reading and start to work alongside with the romance’s author himself, Tristram, so that they may understand the intentions behind Sterne’s shattered and chaotic narrative, which seeks to provoke laughter and reflection, plus revealing a satirical and critic view of the english puritan society of the XVIII century. For the analysis of Tristram Shandy, we will investigate the process of ascension of romance in England, using to this end the studies of authors like Watt (2010), Vasconselos (2002) and Silva (1968). Further, we will analyse the aesthetical technics and narratives used by Sterne that seek to cause strangeness and alter the reader’s perception, and investigate the way time is configured in the work, refering to the studies Chklovsky (1973), Lotman (1978), Bakhtin (1993), Genette (1995), Reis and Lopes (2000), among others. We conclude that the narrative breaks on Sterne’s work have as finality to create a work able to give to its readers an unique reading experience, revealing a work of powerful criticism and social satire behind its shattered narrative, as well as an extremely critic and inovating sense of humor.

MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Presidente - 3351552 - ROSANNE BEZERRA DE ARAUJO
Externo ao Programa - 350490 - ANTONIO FERNANDES DE MEDEIROS JUNIOR
Externo ao Programa - 1055142 - FRANCISCO FABIO VIEIRA MARCOLINO