Banca de DEFESA: WALLYSON RODRIGUES DE SOUZA

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : WALLYSON RODRIGUES DE SOUZA
DATE: 30/06/2023
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: UFRN (Google Meet)
TITLE:

FROM LABYRINTH TO CROSSROADS: A STUDY OF THE CHARACTER IN GRANDE SERTÃO: VEREDAS AND A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN 

KEY WORDS:

Keywords: Grande sertão: veredas: A portrait of the artist as a young man; myth; Bildungsroman; character. 

PAGES: 196
BIG AREA: Linguística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Letras
SUBÁREA: Literatura Comparada
SUMMARY:

The present research aims to establish a comparative study of the characters of the novels Grande sertão: veredas, by João Guimarães Rosa, and A portrait of the artist as a young man, by James Joyce. In theoretical terms, we appropriate Lukacs's Theory of the novel, whose considerations about the loss of the extensive totality of life, as well as the essentially problematic condition of the hero are fundamental for the proposed analysis. To complement Lukacs' theoretical foundation, we turn to Reflections on the modern novel, by Anatol Rosenfeld, as his series of hypotheses provides us with a narrowing of the possibilities of dialogue. Based on that, our thesis articulates the communication between the works restricting itself to the observation of the heroes under three aspects. First, we take the novels from the perspective of the Bildungsroman tradition through the typology designated by Lukacs (2007) in dialogue with the concept of late Bildungsroman by Moretti (2020). In a second moment, we observe how the authors resort to mythical models for the construction of their heroes. For this, we start from the hypothesis, suggested by Rosenfeld (1996), about the return of the modern novel to the archetypal models. To address the relationship between myth and literature, we visited the considerations of authors such as Barthes (2001) and Mielietinski (1987); for the analysis of our objects of study, we resorted to Northrop Frye's theory of modes (2014). Finally, we investigate how narrative procedures and temporal subjectivity are linked to the psychological profile of these characters. For this, in addition to the mentioned essay by Rosenfeld (1996), we resorted to texts by Auerbach (2015) and Adorno (2003). Through this study, we concluded that, through the three indicated categories, the cultural-thematic barrier is overcome, proving the breadth of the thematic horizon and the universal condition of these protagonists. On the other hand, it was found that the links of stylistic values between the authors, commonly promoted by linguistic criteria, can be established through other categories, such as the character study proposed here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 3351552 - ROSANNE BEZERRA DE ARAUJO
Interno - 1190500 - ANDRE TESSARO PELINSER
Interna - 1189557 - DANIELLE GRACE REGO DE ALMEIDA
Externa à Instituição - MARIA DA CONCEICAO OLIVEIRA GUIMARAES
Externo à Instituição - VITOR CEI SANTOS