Artículos de revistas
(Mis)placed ideas: Senhora, by José de Alencar
Ideias no lugar: Senhora, de JosÉ de Alencar
Fecha
2019-01-01Registro en:
Alea: estudos neolatinos, v. 21, n. 3, p. 49-63, 2019.
1807-0299
1517-106X
10.1590/1517-106X/20192134963
S1517-106X2019000300049
2-s2.0-85075467274
S1517-106X2019000300049.pdf
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Institución
Resumen
This article establishes a debate with Roberto Schwarz's concept of “misplaced ideas”, stemming from the analysis of the novel Senhora, by José de Alencar. Some implications and theoretical-critical consequences of the dialectical method applied to the analysis of literature are discussed, in order to clarify the reading that José de Alencar's novel would not have been able to explore, in a formal context, the structuring potentialities of the represented social content. Through a dialogue with the rigidity of the macrosociological approach, and choosing the same comparative method with the solutions found by Machado de Assis in Helena (1876), Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (1881) and Dom Casmurro (1899), this article proposes that, in Senhora, the ideas are not “misplaced,” but occupying their place in a socioeconomic structure in transition.