Celebridade e política do nome próprio: a historicidade do renome em Machado de Assis
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2016
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Responding to the invitation implicit in the title “A famous man” [“Um homem célebre”],
Machado de Assis’ short story is discussed in light of the problem of the historicity of
celebrity. Far from having always existed or being a very recent phenomenon, the celebrity
– as demonstrated by Antoine Lilti – is a new form of renown, brought about in the second
half of the eighteenth century, in a context of crisis of aristocratic societies, and of opening
of a public space. Such perspective leads to associate the story of conductor Pestana to “John Doe” [“Fulano”] – a narrative about an authentic expert in the art of self-promotion, adept
of a true “politics of proper name” – rather than to the author’s other short stories with
music-related themes. By analyzing the two short stories, and comparing Pestana and John
Doe to some of Machado’s characters obsessed with glory – Brás Cubas, Janjão’s father
(“Medallion Theory”), and Santos (Esau and Jacob) – we seek to demonstrate the existence
of a reflection on the historicity of renown in Machado’s writing.
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Contos, Literatura brasileira, Reputação, Glória e celebridade, Short stories, Brazilian literature, Renown, Glory and celebrity, Machado de Assis
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CAMPOS, Raquel. Celebridade e política do nome próprio: a historicidade do renome em Machado de Assis. Topoi, Rio de Janeiro, v. 17, n. 32, p. 134-152, 2016. DOI: 10.1590/2237-101X0173208. Disponível em: https://www.scielo.br/j/topoi/a/8V4KzcRFPLRQW6mkC78MsgN/abstract/?lang=pt#. Acesso em: 5 ago. 2024.