<b>The <i>Opus Dei</i> of violence in Augusto Matraga
The experiences experienced by men in modernity transform literary narratives, thematically and formally, establishing the aim to use allegory as an explanatory stage of that new reality. In the book The Origin of German Tragic Drama, by Walter Benjamin, he conceives allegory as the revelation of a...
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| description | The experiences experienced by men in modernity transform literary narratives, thematically and formally, establishing the aim to use allegory as an explanatory stage of that new reality. In the book The Origin of German Tragic Drama, by Walter Benjamin, he conceives allegory as the revelation of a hidden truth that does not represent things just as they are, but provides a version of how they were or might have been. As a reflection of the principles implied in that reading, this paper takes Benjamin’s allegory as an analytical category aiming at identifying the representation of violence in the short story A hora e a vez de Augusto Matraga (The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga), by Guimarães Rosa. Our analysis opens a dialogue with the dialectical perspective, in which social-historical conditioning factors contribute to understand Minas Gerais backlands, whose ethos supplies a perception of the world incorporated by Guimarães Rosas’ poetics, widening the view of a violent and enchanting world. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ada2e9c8e3e145aea4f465c293b1d6842022-12-22T00:23:03ZengUniversidade Estadual de MaringáActa Scientiarum: Language and Culture1983-46751983-46832015-04-01371374810.4025/actascilangcult.v37i1.2401511969<b>The <i>Opus Dei</i> of violence in Augusto MatragaJoão Batista Pereira0Universidade Federal Rural de PernambucoThe experiences experienced by men in modernity transform literary narratives, thematically and formally, establishing the aim to use allegory as an explanatory stage of that new reality. In the book The Origin of German Tragic Drama, by Walter Benjamin, he conceives allegory as the revelation of a hidden truth that does not represent things just as they are, but provides a version of how they were or might have been. As a reflection of the principles implied in that reading, this paper takes Benjamin’s allegory as an analytical category aiming at identifying the representation of violence in the short story A hora e a vez de Augusto Matraga (The Hour and Turn of Augusto Matraga), by Guimarães Rosa. Our analysis opens a dialogue with the dialectical perspective, in which social-historical conditioning factors contribute to understand Minas Gerais backlands, whose ethos supplies a perception of the world incorporated by Guimarães Rosas’ poetics, widening the view of a violent and enchanting world.http://186.233.154.254/ojs/index.php/ActaSciLangCult/article/view/24015violênciaalegoria benjaminianaGuimarães Rosa |
| spellingShingle | João Batista Pereira <b>The <i>Opus Dei</i> of violence in Augusto Matraga Acta Scientiarum: Language and Culture violência alegoria benjaminiana Guimarães Rosa |
| title | <b>The <i>Opus Dei</i> of violence in Augusto Matraga |
| title_full | <b>The <i>Opus Dei</i> of violence in Augusto Matraga |
| title_fullStr | <b>The <i>Opus Dei</i> of violence in Augusto Matraga |
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| title_short | <b>The <i>Opus Dei</i> of violence in Augusto Matraga |
| title_sort | b the i opus dei i of violence in augusto matraga |
| topic | violência alegoria benjaminiana Guimarães Rosa |
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