Nomes antigos, caracteres modernos: tradição retórico-poética e modernidade literária em Machado de Assis
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2022
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The purpose of this article is to analyze how Machado de Assis appropriated the
rhetorical-poetic tradition, rewrote and updated traditional poetic genres - in
particular, the classic tragedy - through the use of antonomasia. The writer used
this rhetorical procedure, which produces a double naming of the character,
throughout his career, in the most diverse genres he practiced. Analyzing this
occurrence in three short stories - “Virginius: narrative of a lawyer” (1864), “What
are the girls” (1866), and “Pílades e Orestes” (1903), I intend to demonstrate the
changes that went through the contradictory relationship between rhetorical-
-poetic tradition and literary modernity in Machado de Assis. In the second pha se of his work, unlike what happened in the first, modern characters were taken
as legitimate heirs to the old names. Using the names of the tragedy to translate
the history of contemporary characters, Machado de Assis broke with the sepa ration of styles, typical of the rhetorical-poetic regime, and demonstrated his full
adherence to the modern concept of literature.
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Naming of literary characters, Machado de Assis’ short stories, Classic tragedy, Pylades and Orestes, Antonomasia, Nomeação das personagens literárias, Contos de Machado de Assis, Tragédia clássica, Pílades e Orestes, Antonomásia
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CAMPOS, Raquel. Nomes antigos, caracteres modernos: tradição retórico-poética e modernidade literária em Machado de Assis. Revista de História, São Paulo, n. 181, a00921, 2022. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.2022.183209. Disponível em: https://www.scielo.br/j/rh/a/hr6SN4rDkY7GtyNPg4sHDNd/#. Acesso em: 5 ago. 2024.