"THE SUPREME BLACK LITERARY ARTIST": A RACIALIZED MACHADO DE ASSIS IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD
Abstract David Damrosch argues that world literature is the locus of negotiation between a source and a host culture, with works increasingly being favored for exhibiting identities based on racial, ethnic, or cultural differences. We examine racial perspectives on Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (18...
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| description | Abstract David Damrosch argues that world literature is the locus of negotiation between a source and a host culture, with works increasingly being favored for exhibiting identities based on racial, ethnic, or cultural differences. We examine racial perspectives on Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908) by English-language critics, largely in North America, from the late twentieth century to the present. In the twentieth century, Machado was successful among academics and critics but not the general public. In the twenty-first century, re-translations of his works have widened his visibility among the general English-language readership. His recent critical reception also reveals greater interest in his racial background. As a multiracial individual of partial African descent and the grandson of freed slaves, Machado has been situated in an African diasporic or Black literary canon as he is read from a racial perspective by North American critics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9a98c81edb5c4912aee4cfd77362019d2022-12-22T02:29:28ZengUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências HumanasMachado de Assis em Linha1983-68212022-11-011510.1590/1983-682120221518"THE SUPREME BLACK LITERARY ARTIST": A RACIALIZED MACHADO DE ASSIS IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLDBRUNO SOARES DOS SANTOShttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7098-7566G. REGINALD DANIELhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7014-0189Abstract David Damrosch argues that world literature is the locus of negotiation between a source and a host culture, with works increasingly being favored for exhibiting identities based on racial, ethnic, or cultural differences. We examine racial perspectives on Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908) by English-language critics, largely in North America, from the late twentieth century to the present. In the twentieth century, Machado was successful among academics and critics but not the general public. In the twenty-first century, re-translations of his works have widened his visibility among the general English-language readership. His recent critical reception also reveals greater interest in his racial background. As a multiracial individual of partial African descent and the grandson of freed slaves, Machado has been situated in an African diasporic or Black literary canon as he is read from a racial perspective by North American critics.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-68212022000100605&tlng=enWorld literatureMachado de AssisBlack LiteratureLatin American LiteratureBrazilian Literaturerace studies |
| spellingShingle | BRUNO SOARES DOS SANTOS G. REGINALD DANIEL "THE SUPREME BLACK LITERARY ARTIST": A RACIALIZED MACHADO DE ASSIS IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD Machado de Assis em Linha World literature Machado de Assis Black Literature Latin American Literature Brazilian Literature race studies |
| title | "THE SUPREME BLACK LITERARY ARTIST": A RACIALIZED MACHADO DE ASSIS IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD |
| title_full | "THE SUPREME BLACK LITERARY ARTIST": A RACIALIZED MACHADO DE ASSIS IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD |
| title_fullStr | "THE SUPREME BLACK LITERARY ARTIST": A RACIALIZED MACHADO DE ASSIS IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD |
| title_full_unstemmed | "THE SUPREME BLACK LITERARY ARTIST": A RACIALIZED MACHADO DE ASSIS IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD |
| title_short | "THE SUPREME BLACK LITERARY ARTIST": A RACIALIZED MACHADO DE ASSIS IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD |
| title_sort | the supreme black literary artist a racialized machado de assis in the english speaking world |
| topic | World literature Machado de Assis Black Literature Latin American Literature Brazilian Literature race studies |
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