Director Luiz Fernando Carvalho’s artistic performances, specially the miniseries Hoje é dia de Maria (2005), A Pedra do Reino (2007) and Capitu (2008), target a true setting of commitment, preoccupation and conciliation ...

This article discusses the possibility of reading the realistic and the self-conscious traditions of the novel, which are guided by the way the genre interprets the concept of verisimilitude throughout its history. This ...