Artículos de revistas
ROBERTO SCHWARZ AND THE DEACTIVATION OF THE UNIVERSALITY OF BRAS CUBAS
Fecha
2020-05-01Registro en:
Alea-estudos Neolatinos. Rio De Janeiro Rj: Univ Fed Rio De Janeiro, Fac Letras, v. 22, n. 2, p. 90-104, 2020.
1517-106X
10.1590/1517-106X/202022290104
S1517-106X2020000200090
WOS:000580470000006
S1517-106X2020000200090.pdf
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Institución
Resumen
The purpose of this paper is to question the validity of one of Roberto Schwarz's arguments in A master on the periphery of capitalism: Machado de Assis. In this work, Schwartz directly opposes the possibility of investigating The posthumous memoirs of Bras Cubas from a universalist point of view, presenting, instead, a Marxist analysis centered on the process of formalization of the conduct of the Brazilian ruling class at the time of the Empire. Some notes from the main representatives of Machado's critical fortune are used to refute the thesis that only an historical-sociological interpretation can reveal the meaning of the first modern Brazilian novel.