Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: HÉLCIU EINSTEIN SANTOS FERREIRA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : HÉLCIU EINSTEIN SANTOS FERREIRA
DATE: 19/12/2023
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Google Meet
TITLE:

MELANCHOLY, LOSS OF THE IDEAL AND SUBLIMATION IN TRISTRAM SHANDY

KEY WORDS:

Keywords: Tristram Shandy; melancholy; humor; sublimation; theory of loss.

PAGES: 169
BIG AREA: Linguística, Letras e Artes
AREA: Letras
SUBÁREA: Literatura Comparada
SUMMARY:

This thesis has the purpose of analyzing the novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by the Irish author Laurence Sterne (1713-1768), released for the first time in 1760, under the perspective of melancholy. Although Sterne’s work is more well known by its humor and irreverence, there are characteristics, either in its protagonist Tristram as in several aspects of the book itself, such as its fragmented and apparently devoid of sense narrative, that reveals a sadder and more melancholic side that can be unnoticed by the reader; therefore, we will focus on this melancholic element of this character and how his melancholy can be perceived through his writing. We will also analyze the character of Walter Shandy, the protagonist’s father, applying the freudian theory of loss, so we can have a better comprehension of how such loss contributed to the melancholic condition of his son. Furthermore, we will also show how Tristram makes use of playfulness and humor to fight against sadness, in a process known as sublimation. To bring this melancholic aspect of Sterne’s novel to light, we will make use of the famous works of Sigmund Freud, Luto e Melancolia (Lute and Melancholy - 2020) and O mal-estar na civilização (Civilization and its discontents -2011), and Sandra Eller’s book Luto e Melancolia: a sombra do espetáculo (2012), where she writes a deep analysis of Freud’s text. Also, we will make use of several books, articles and texts to base our study, such as the essay ““and let me go on”, Tristram Shandy, Lacanian Theory, and the Dialectic of Desire”, by Mitchell Wilson (1986), the introductory texts of the Brazilian and Portuguese editions of Tristram Shandy, from the authors José Paulo Paes (2006) and Manuel Portela (1997), and the works of Kehl (2009), Starobinski (2016), Chianca (2016), Cei (2016), among others. Through this research, we can conclude that melancholy not only is an element in Tristram Shandy, but it is something that in several times it mixes with its humor, in a process that makes the book even more fascinating and timeless.

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 3351552 - ROSANNE BEZERRA DE ARAUJO
Externa à Instituição - KARINA CHIANCA VENÂNCIO - UFPB
Externo à Instituição - VITOR CEI SANTOS