The case of the magazine Careta in Lima Barreto's journalistic oeuvre (1915-1922)
<p>This thesis examines the articles the Brazilian writer Lima Barreto (1881-1922) published in the popular satirical magazine <em>Careta</em>. It argues that <em>Careta</em> epitomises Lima Barreto’s aim to create social impact through literature, as it provided him wi...
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| description | <p>This thesis examines the articles the Brazilian writer Lima Barreto (1881-1922) published in the popular satirical magazine <em>Careta</em>. It argues that <em>Careta</em> epitomises Lima Barreto’s aim to create social impact through literature, as it provided him with the largest readership he enjoyed in his lifetime, reaching hundreds of thousands of readers weekly nationwide and internationally. The thesis expands the knowledge about the strategies Lima Barreto used to convey his ideas, showing how he endeavoured to engage with mass audiences in order to combat social fragmentation and intellectual alienation in early twentieth century Brazil.</p> <p>The significance of this thesis is evident on two levels. First, I demonstrate throughout the chapters that Barreto fully engaged with <em>Careta</em> to convey his ideas to a mass audience, choosing the magazine as his main periodical voice in the last years of his life. This argument challenges the idea that Lima Barreto was a marginal writer in the First Republic. Second, the originality of this thesis lies in locating and uncovering almost one hundred and fifty hitherto unknown texts, most of them published pseudonymously in <em>Careta</em>.</p> <p>Chapter one discusses the militancy of Barreto's works. Chapter two argues that Barreto elected magazines, more than newspapers, to convey his message to a large audience. Chapter three relates the early history of <em>Careta</em>. Chapter four suggests that Barreto incorporated pictorial strategies into his articles. Chapter five argues that Barreto embraced <em>Careta's</em> central theme derived from the <em>Commedia dell'Arte</em>. Chapter six discusses systematically the pseudonyms attributed to Barreto in <em>Careta</em> and provides robust evidence that he published many hitherto unknown texts pseudonymously. Finally, I conclude that <em>Careta</em> encapsulates Barreto's efforts to reach a mass readership and communicate with readers beyond literary circles.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:62f9e75b-fbb0-4381-a6b2-4cb2962c250a2022-03-26T18:09:46ZThe case of the magazine Careta in Lima Barreto's journalistic oeuvre (1915-1922)Thesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_db06uuid:62f9e75b-fbb0-4381-a6b2-4cb2962c250aLiteratures of Romance languagesSpanish & Portuguese literaturesHistory of South AmericaLatin AmericaIntellectual HistoryBrazilianEnglishOxford University Research Archive - Valet2013de Oliveira Botelho Correa, FFelipe Botelho CorreaWilliams, C<p>This thesis examines the articles the Brazilian writer Lima Barreto (1881-1922) published in the popular satirical magazine <em>Careta</em>. It argues that <em>Careta</em> epitomises Lima Barreto’s aim to create social impact through literature, as it provided him with the largest readership he enjoyed in his lifetime, reaching hundreds of thousands of readers weekly nationwide and internationally. The thesis expands the knowledge about the strategies Lima Barreto used to convey his ideas, showing how he endeavoured to engage with mass audiences in order to combat social fragmentation and intellectual alienation in early twentieth century Brazil.</p> <p>The significance of this thesis is evident on two levels. First, I demonstrate throughout the chapters that Barreto fully engaged with <em>Careta</em> to convey his ideas to a mass audience, choosing the magazine as his main periodical voice in the last years of his life. This argument challenges the idea that Lima Barreto was a marginal writer in the First Republic. Second, the originality of this thesis lies in locating and uncovering almost one hundred and fifty hitherto unknown texts, most of them published pseudonymously in <em>Careta</em>.</p> <p>Chapter one discusses the militancy of Barreto's works. Chapter two argues that Barreto elected magazines, more than newspapers, to convey his message to a large audience. Chapter three relates the early history of <em>Careta</em>. Chapter four suggests that Barreto incorporated pictorial strategies into his articles. Chapter five argues that Barreto embraced <em>Careta's</em> central theme derived from the <em>Commedia dell'Arte</em>. Chapter six discusses systematically the pseudonyms attributed to Barreto in <em>Careta</em> and provides robust evidence that he published many hitherto unknown texts pseudonymously. Finally, I conclude that <em>Careta</em> encapsulates Barreto's efforts to reach a mass readership and communicate with readers beyond literary circles.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Literatures of Romance languages Spanish & Portuguese literatures History of South America Latin America Intellectual History Brazilian de Oliveira Botelho Correa, F Felipe Botelho Correa The case of the magazine Careta in Lima Barreto's journalistic oeuvre (1915-1922) |
| title | The case of the magazine Careta in Lima Barreto's journalistic oeuvre (1915-1922) |
| title_full | The case of the magazine Careta in Lima Barreto's journalistic oeuvre (1915-1922) |
| title_fullStr | The case of the magazine Careta in Lima Barreto's journalistic oeuvre (1915-1922) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The case of the magazine Careta in Lima Barreto's journalistic oeuvre (1915-1922) |
| title_short | The case of the magazine Careta in Lima Barreto's journalistic oeuvre (1915-1922) |
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| topic | Literatures of Romance languages Spanish & Portuguese literatures History of South America Latin America Intellectual History Brazilian |
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